Questions tagged [unc]
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IIS6 Classic ASP access UNC share in DMZ
I have 2 win2k3 servers in a DMZ, with no domain. Server A hosts a classic ASP site, and needs to save some files on a share on Server B.
A user account (testshare) has been created on both Server A and Server B, with the same username / password.
A…

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How To Block Some UNC Paths for Windows 7 In An AD environment
I look after a network where the servers are Server 2008 [Domain controllers] and the client stations are either Windows 7 Pro SP1 64 Bit or Windows XP Pro SP3 32 Bit.
I have configured GPOs to protect the workstations/servers and the network…

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IIS 7 adsutil set uncauthenticationpassthrough true equivalent
We're having trouble finding an IIS 7 equivalent to IIS 6's "adsutil set uncauthenticationpassthrough true" command.
Any feedback pointing us in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

Jason
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IIS 7.5 pass through authentication fails on UNC share websites
I have a site which fails to authenticate using windows authentication now it has moved to IIS 7.5.
The site is:
On a UNC share
Using windows authentication
Has a custom app pool Id (domain account) IIS 7.5
Everything runs fine if it is not on a…

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IIS7.5/Win2k8 - Accessing Virtual Directories via UNC from non-domain machine to another non-domain machine
Been seriously racking my brain for a while with this.
I'm trying to add a Virtual Directory to a site that points to a UNC share. Both machines are not in a domain and I know the machines both see each other.
I've read that I need to create a user…

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UNC vs. SFTP vs. SSH for uploading to a Windows server
I understand that UNC (Uniform Naming Convention), SFTP, and SSH are different interfaces (protocols?) that can be used to upload files to a server. But feature-wise, how do they differ? Are there things you can do with one that you cannot do with…

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In IIS 6, when using a UNC path for a virtual directory "using connect as" is the password secure?
If I use a UNC share for a virtual directory, and use "Connect As" to save the username and password.
I'm presuming that these saved credentials are secure?
Is that correct? Are the credentials saved encrypted?
-thanks for the help.

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Accessing UNC paths from inside Perl CGI under IIS6
For space reasons, we need to move some files off our main file/webserver to another network fileserver. However, the original file/webserver is still responsible for providing access to these files, so that everything is seamless to the users.
I…

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Mapped drive inaccessible after router reboot
I have a server with a mapped drive on it (maps to a directory on another server across the network).
I also have an application that writes a file to the mapped drive (regularly scheduled, but monitored by e-mail).
Periodically a router in between…

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IIS 7.5 running Classic ASP connecting to UNC path problem
Moving from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 R2.
We have a classic ASP site that connect to a remote UNC '\10.1.40.7\' path.
When I run PROCMON on the web server, it says ACCESS DENIED....Impersonating: NT AUTHORITY\IUSR.
On the 10.1.40.7…

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Scripts on UNC paths take very long to run
I have several scripts in UNC paths (from Windows batch files to PHP scripts). No matter how I run them (double click on explorer, my editor's run command menu or Windows command prompt) they take really long to start running (like 14 seconds). Once…

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window login when web application is using network share in IIS 6
I have installed a web application which is configured using a network drive
But i am keep getting a pop up asking for credentials
looking in the event log, the network logon is set to my domain/account which looks fine
however caller user name is…
James
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Performance mitigations serving content from a UNC share via IIS 6
I have a quad processor vmware instance running Windows 2003 and 1gb ethernet. I'm comparing serving the exact same heavy .NET 2.0 content from the local hard drive versus serving it from a UNC drive.
If I use WCAT to load it down, I see about a…

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Network drives not shown on some users. Explorer need to be restarted
we have windows domain, with a gpo where the drives are mapped, one of the users just one, has the problem the drives are not shown or disappears after a time. Strangely if you use any other programms or type the correct path you see them/works.
So…
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Domain clients cannot UNC to \\domain. They can UNC to \\domain\netlogon and \\domain\sysvol
Server 2019 domain controllers and Server 2019 member servers.
We can enter these UNC paths in File Explorer or the Run prompt:
\\mydomain\netvol
\\mydomain\sysvol
\\mydomain.com\netvol
\\mydomain.com\sysvol
However, we cannot enter these UN paths.…

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