xp machine can not map drive to 2003

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Dahman wrote on Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:12:34 GMT:

> my problem is the following
>
> I have a Windows XP SP1 and Windows 2003 machines.
> I have an application that is running under local System account on the on
> XP
> machine. The application maps a drive to Windows 2003 and then tries to
> run a batch file. I get ACCESS DENIED error.
>
> If I force the application to run under a user account then the
> application will successfully run the batch file.
>
> If the application is running under Local System account and I tell the
> application to map a drive using an admin username/password then the
> application will succeed in running the batch file in the mapped drive.
>
> So it seems that the problem is during the mapping process where the
> application running under Local System account is not setting the
> correct access permissions for the objects (files) within the mapped
> drive.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated
>
> Regards, Dahman

In Win 2K, Win XP, and Win 2K3 the Local System account is prevented from
accessing any network resources (when you get it to map a drive using an
admin's credentials, you're actually connecting using those credentials).
You will need to run your application under a user account on the machine
instead that has sufficient permissions to access the network resource in
question.

Dan