Question

Create a universal user login script (both Windows and Linux) that checks for group membership and maps a drive letter to the appropriate user group folder created during the File and Folder Permissions Lab.

Answer 1

Map Network Drive Methods

In common with other scripting languages, VBScript
uses three components an object, a method, and a
value. Most of my scripts create objects using names
beginning with obj, for example objNetwork. What
gives any scripting language power is the rich variety
of methods or verbs. Here is a list of examples of map
network drive methods.

« MapNetworkDrive

« RemoveNetworkDrive

« EnumNetworkDrives

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Example — MapNetworkDrive
The purpose of this VBScript is to map the H: toa
share called ‘\nome’ In my example the server is called
‘\\alan’.

Pre-requisites

1. On Line 2 change the name of the server from ‘\\alan’
to the name of your server. You need a computer with
a network share.

2. Make sure that the shared folder is called ‘\home’
Alternatively, alter the word ‘\nome’ in the script if
your share is called something else.

Instructions to MapNetworkDrive

1. Copy and paste the script below into notepad or get a
script editor such as OnScript .

2. Change the server name from "\\alan to the name of
your server.

3. Check the share name ‘\home’.

4. Save the file with a .vbs extension, e.g. MND.vbs or
MapNetworkDrive.vbs.

5. Double click the resulting script and look in your
Windows Explorer for a new drive letter called : home
on ‘alan’ (H:)

Set objNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network’) objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "H:” , "\\alan\home"

Learning Points

Note 1: If you run the script a second time, then you

get WSH error message code 80070055. The solution

is launch Windows Explorer, just right-click on: home

on ‘alan’ (H:) and select: Disconnect.

Note 2: | cut this script down to the bare minimum to

map a network drive.