RE: mapped drive in W2K Pro.

You have no choice but to set up a share under NetServer.  The old pre
Express client worked differently.  NetServer makes it more flexible and
secure.  It's also more work.


There may be some differences in w2k, but under NT and 98 you can set up a
file share to the top of the root file system through ops nav.  Assuming you
can see the 400 in "my very cute network" or whatever they call it in w2k,
and you have jumped through the password and user profile hoops, you should
be able to map a drive to the share you've created.  

If by "shared folders" you mean what pc support considered "shared folders,"
you need to create a share for the QDLS file system and map a drive to that.

BTW, if you want to see the whole system, there may be little or no avantage
to a mapped drive, depending on the complexity of your network.  

  
-----Original Message-----
From: Lamar Thomas [mailto:Lamart@aldon.com]
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 2:29 PM
To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: mapped drive in W2K Pro.


What I really want is to be able to "map" a drive to the system so I can see
ALL of the shared folders on the AS/400.  To do that I need to be able to
"map" at the top level of the system (i.e. \\AS400).

Lamar
-----Original Message-----
From: Phil [mailto:sublime78ska@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 2:01 PM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: RE: mapped drive in W2K Pro.


I think the problem is with client access express.
 
In order to do this you have to have Netserver configured on the as/400.
Then you have to share the drive you wish to map to (via ops nav).
 
Having W2K will actually make mapping the drive easier.  This is because Win
9x does not allow you to change the user id.  If your as/400 and windows
user id's are not exactly the same you can map with Win 9x.  W2K will prompt
you for a user id with when mapping a drive.
 
This is can be a real pain.  I use the drive explorer feature in Ops Nav.  I
create a short cut down to the actual directory so by clicking on it I get
just the directory I want.  Then moving files from my pc to the as/400 is
just as easy as if the drive were mapped so I could access it via windows
explorer.
 
Phil
 
 
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