MS SQL Server - Re: xp_cmdshell - can't see network mapped drives - RESOLVED

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Re: xp_cmdshell - can't see network mapped drives - RESOLVED - IGNORE

Tim Greenwood

2006-10-24, 6:37 pm

just had to run xp_cmdshell and specify the 'net use ' to map the drive in
the sqlserver session.....

"Tim Greenwood" <tim_greenwood AT yahoo DOT com> wrote in message
news:%23CGLphu7GHA.4064@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Is this doable? When running xp_cmdshell even something as simple as 'dir
> p:' fails with "The system cannot find the path specified". But it works
> fine with any local drive. It worked fine to a SAN using a UNC path when
> the SAN didn't require authentication but now we've been moved to a new
> device that does require authentication.
>

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