Map network drives with different credentials on Win 7

[jfr2006]

Hi:

How can i map network drives that are located as shares on my freenas server and have different user access permissions?

For example, i have a shared folder called Media, with permisions set only to user media and a shared folder called Fotos with permissions set only to user sandra and i want to map both folders as network drives on Win 7. It seems however that this is not possible, because win 7 refuses to map different folders on the same machine with different credentials? Any way to bypass this?

 

[Everyone]

You should be able to, but you need to map to the share name, and not just to the root...

Example..

Drive F: = \\freenas\fotos
Drive M: = \\freenas\media

Why not just give the appropriate permissions to both shares to the account you're trying to map to them on?

 

[ProtoSD]

Look at the FAQ in my signature or look in the How-To section, I wrote a How-To explaining how to set this up.

 

[jfr2006]

You should be able to, but you need to map to the share name, and not just to the root...

Example..

Drive F: = \\freenas\fotos
Drive M: = \\freenas\media

Why not just give the appropriate permissions to both shares to the account you're trying to map to them on?

Hi:

That's what i'm trying to do. I'm able to map the first share using it's credentials. As for the second share, i keep getting the window asking for the username and password and i'm unable to map it has a drive. The error is independent of the order i try to map items, that is: if i try to map the second share first and then try the first, it will give the same error. It seems like windows is unable to do this.

I don't want the shares to have the same permissions. It would all be simpler if freenas allowed to map shared folders as root :(

protosd, in which part of the faq.. i can't seem to find it...