Admin Scheduled Batch Job Net Use Commands Are Viewable to Users (124296)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
This article was previously published under Q124296 SYMPTOMS
If you are logged on to a machine and the system account has run a
scheduled batch job consisting of NET USE commands, you can see the network
drive icons in File Manager. If you attempt to access the drive icons, the
following error message appears:
Login Failure: The user has not been granted the requested logon type at
this computer.
For example, an administrator may use the system or other administrative
account to schedule the following batch file to run when another user has
logged on to the workstation:
atnetuse.cmd
net use x: \\server\share /user:domain\administrator password
NOTE: You cannot see the drives using NET USE at a command prompt.
CAUSE
Because the administrator has more rights than a typical user, it appears
that the scheduled job should not appear in any form to the user. Although
this appears to be a bug, the situation occurs by design. Since drive
letters are MS-DOS devices, they are global to the system.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/4/2003 |
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| Keywords: | KB124296 |
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