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Bulent Murtezaoglu

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Jan 8, 2005, 6:46:24 PM1/8/05
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I am just testing 5.0beta. It seems that either I am forgetting something
or it is impossible to mount /home/user from the linux side as h: from
the windows side. Vmware requires you to name the share, and that name is
always added. So if you share /home/user with the name "user" and then
map it as H:, /home/user/foo does not become H:\foo but it is still
H:\user\foo. What am I misunderstanding?

With /home/user shared as foo, if I do, say

net use h: "\\.host\Shared Folders\foo"

dir H:\

gives me

foo

If I do

net use h: "\\.host\Shared Folders\foo\foo"

dir H:\

still gives me foo !

thanks,

BM

Bulent Murtezaoglu

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Jan 8, 2005, 11:51:41 PM1/8/05
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OK, I ended up finding a solution on the web boards at the vmware site.
Here's what I gather is going on

(1) The ability to map subfolders in windows (as was the case with
4.x/samba) seems to not exist in the current 5.0 beta with the shared
folder driver. This appears to be due to the shared folder driver
telling windows it cannot map subdirectories.

(2) But subst works. So if yopu want to see /home/user/* as contents of
H:\ you share /home/user as foo,

net use z: "\\.host\Shared Folders\foo"

and then

subst h: z:\foo

this seems to work OK so far.

(I'm posting so if another vmware/linux user gets frustrated he'll know
where to look, and what solution is presently offered. Please do correct
me if I am wrong).

cheers,

BM

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