Re: [slim] 6.5.1 Windows now supports mapped drives
sterry21;181663 Wrote: > My understanding was that to use a UNC in Slimserver, it was not allowed > to have password protection. I guess the mapped drive approach gets > around that. Password authentication would not be a function of SlimServer, but of the operating system. If you have the remote folder protected, then run the service under an account that has permission to access the share and the folder. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32841 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 6.5.1 Windows now supports mapped drives
My Slimserver is working completely with a NAS mapped as drive Z:. ST -- sterry21 sterry21's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4631 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32841 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 6.5.1 Windows now supports mapped drives
The statement was made that with 6.5.1 you can now use mapped drive letters, I tried this but it is still not allowing me to specify my NAS drive by my mapped drive letter! Is using a mapped drive letter allowable or was the original statement wrong Although I can have many nested sub folders and the rescan can find all of my music. Thanks -- mitchjstein mitchjstein's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7910 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32841 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 6.5.1 Windows now supports mapped drives
My understanding was that to use a UNC in Slimserver, it was not allowed to have password protection. I guess the mapped drive approach gets around that. Steve Terry -- sterry21 sterry21's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4631 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32841 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 6.5.1 Windows now supports mapped drives
MrSinatra wrote: > just guessing, but it maybe that like me, he doesn't know what a unc > drive is, what it does, how it works, or how to make one. > > pointers welcome. Googling for "unc path" gives you the definition as the first result. The original poster by his own admission already has his server configured to use one, and it's working. - Marc ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 6.5.1 Windows now supports mapped drives
MrSinatra;181498 Wrote: > just guessing, but it maybe that like me, he doesn't know what a unc > drive is, what it does, how it works, or how to make one. > > pointers welcome. 1. You create a share on the remote system. You'll need to do that regardless of whether you're using a UNC path or a mapped drive letter. That share will have a name. 2. In Windows a UNC path consists of two backslashes, the machine name (the IP address will also work), one backslash, and the share name. Examples: \\Dell8100\MyMusic \\MyNASName\mp3 \\192.168.1.5\flac You can also specify a folder at any level below the share name in a UNC path. \\MachineName\ShareName\music \\MachineName\ShareName\music\flac \\MachineName\ShareName\music\mp3\jazz -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32841 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 6.5.1 Windows now supports mapped drives
just guessing, but it maybe that like me, he doesn't know what a unc drive is, what it does, how it works, or how to make one. pointers welcome. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.2 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32841 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 6.5.1 Windows now supports mapped drives
mitchjstein wrote: > I read your post, did a clean install of the latest release. I still > can not get slimserver to use mapped drive ie. Z:\ I still can only use > \\servername\musicfolder. What do I have to do? I'm not sure of the definitive answer, but I'd consider it a feature. There is voodoo about Windows services using mapped drives, I stopped keeping up with the incantations needed long ago. Use the UNC path and be happy. Maybe someday in the future, MS will bother to implement soft links like all the good operating systems in the planet have had for 20+ years -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 6.5.1 Windows now supports mapped drives
mitchjstein;181492 Wrote: > I read your post, did a clean install of the latest release. I still can > not get slimserver to use mapped drive ie. Z:\ I still can only use > \\servername\musicfolder. What do I have to do? What in the world is the reason that you'd want to use a mapped drive letter instead of a UNC path? -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32841 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 6.5.1 Windows now supports mapped drives
Hi, I read your post, did a clean install of the latest release. I still can not get slimserver to use mapped drive ie. Z:\ I still can only use \\servername\musicfolder. What do I have to do? -- mitchjstein mitchjstein's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7910 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32841 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 6.5.1 Windows now supports mapped drives
MrSinatra wrote: > are you saying that any program that runs as a service rather than > process in XP can't access a NAS which is a mapped drive? Because mapped drives are set up for each user account at login time, and a service runs before you log in. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/180362 > why? is there no workaround for this? As others have said, use the UNC path. - Marc ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 6.5.1 Windows now supports mapped drives
MrSinatra wrote: > are you saying that any program that runs as a service rather than > process in XP can't access a NAS which is a mapped drive? > > why? Ask Microsoft. > is there no workaround for this? Use UNc paths: //server/share R. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 6.5.1 Windows now supports mapped drives
are you saying that any program that runs as a service rather than process in XP can't access a NAS which is a mapped drive? why? is there no workaround for this? -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.2 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32841 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
