Hi Roy,

 RJT> What I need to do here is figure out a way to 
 RJT> _automate_ that login process,  so I can have a 
 RJT> machine that'll boot right into using drives elsewhere 
 RJT> (on the Linux box) as a file server. 

When you set up SHARES and CONNECTIONS for these resources make sure the
"Autostart" (or "Start up connection/share at System Startup") checkbox is
tagged, and then you dont actually need to have a User logged in to have these 
automatically activated at system boot up for you.

Alternatively you can log in a default user using the commandline LOGON
utility and then build the SHARES and CONNECTIONS using the NET SHARE xxxx and 
NET USE xxxx commandline commands, however in this case the logged in User
must have the rights to do this.

I hope this helps.............pk.


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