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:MajorLast Reviewed:11/4/2003
Keywords:KB124296
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