Map to Unix

[stevejones]

Hi,

We have windows based software which are add-ons to our Unix system. On 98 machines, we can Map a drive to the unix server and access the files.

The customer has now upgraded to XP Pro, and we cant seem to duplicate the Map drives.

Is there a way to do this?

Many Thanks

Steve

 

[bcastner]

If you could give the name of the Windows-add in software it would help.

But try as an experiment: Control Panel, Add/Remove Software, Windows Components, Network, and check the Simple TCP/IP service and apply.

 

[stevejones]

Its our own software that some of our customers use for printing purposes. The main system resides on a Unix server and the databases need to be accessed directly.

On 98 we can set up a mapped drive and then access the files using the drive letter. For some reason we cant create any mapped drives from XP Pro to Unix.

Any ideas?

 

[bcastner]

Is this a remote customer?

The customer may need to make some entries in his HOST and possibly LMHOSTS file to make this work for you.

For LMHOSTS:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=101927

For HOSTS:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=105997