Using RDP "Drive sharing" in Win 2000

[WebMasterSam]

I’m trying to find a way to use drive sharing in Windows Server 2000 like it is usable in Windows Server 2003 (by bringing with the RDP session, the drive letters I want).

I tried the DRMAPCLT “fix” provided by MS but it was not working as I expected.

I cannot use third party software with a graphical interface to help me transfer files between servers as I need to do it programmatically.

When I go to the “Terminal Services Configuration” MMC and open de “RDP-Tcp” properties, on the “Client settings” tab I see the “Drive mapping” greyed checkbox (it is also checked). Why is it greyed and why can’t I use this drive mapping utility (working so well in Windows Server 2003) ?

If there’s no fix or third party component that can do this, is there a way we can install a more recent version of the Microsoft RDP server side (client side already have a version recent enough to support it).

 

[victorv]

hi,
tell me if I have understood your situation:

in the same DOMAIN, the same USER domain, from the same client (program), RDP-ing to a 2000srv or 2003srv, the behavior is different ?
Or you are comparing different situations ?

bye
vic

 

[dberg35]

If you are just looking to move files from one server to another just create a share on each then map them out. As for your RDP drive permission being grayed out try looking in Group Policy.

 

[WebMasterSam]

Yes and no. The same client, on the same domain can RDP a win 2000 and 2003 server.

The server we're RDP-ing in situated on another domain (more precisly on a DMZ zone). When we want to transfer files between those 2 computers we locally map a drive to somewhere in the primary domain (with our credentials) and then start a RDP session and tell the program to bring the drive we just mapped (by going in the properties of the RDP session we're starting). When we log on the other server (situated in the DMZ) we can see the drive in "My computer". This drive is "mapped" and can be accessed by \\tsclient\[letter]\.... This is an awesome feature we always use with win 2003 but we have to do the same thing on win 2000 servers, but this doesnt seem to work at all...

We can't rely on a third party software that can help us transfer those files because we have a more complex software that does this, but before we can use our software, we must be able to manually transfer files between those 2 servers with that mapped drive...

 

[NortonES2]

The drive mapping might be denied in the group policy.

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