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#157184 - 2006-02-14 12:26 PM Mapping a drive to an AS400
DavidStokes DavidStokes Lurker Registered: 2006-02-14 Posts: 2	We are currently rolling out Kixtart and require to map a drive to an AS400 box using Kixtart, is this possible? if so, how?
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#157185 - 2006-02-14 12:57 PM Re: Mapping a drive to an AS400
Richard H. Richard H. Administrator Registered: 2000-01-24 Posts: 4946 Loc: Leatherhead, Surrey, UK	What file sharing protocols does the AS400 support? If it uses SMB / CIFS then you will be able to map using the USE command, just as you would with a Windows SMB share.
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#157186 - 2006-02-14 02:17 PM Re: Mapping a drive to an AS400
DavidStokes DavidStokes Lurker Registered: 2006-02-14 Posts: 2	Many thanks for the quick response, it uses IFS. Not sure of the difference between IFS and CIFS, if there any?
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#157187 - 2006-02-14 02:30 PM Re: Mapping a drive to an AS400
Richard H. Richard H. Administrator Registered: 2000-01-24 Posts: 4946 Loc: Leatherhead, Surrey, UK	Well, we could speculate all day but the easiest thing would be to try to map a share and see if it works or not My AS400 man says that it works as a Windows share, so you should be able to map with KiXtart. The only issue would be authentication, we don't use it here and he's not sure if you would need to specify an AS400 username and password.
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#157188 - 2006-02-14 04:51 PM Re: Mapping a drive to an AS400
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	so, taking the easy path. if you can open the as400 share by browsing to it, or by specifying it on the run box in start menu, like: \\myasbox\winshare then you can use the kixtart use command and map to it. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#157189 - 2006-02-15 01:00 AM Re: Mapping a drive to an AS400
Witto Witto MM club member Registered: 2004-09-29 Posts: 1828 Loc: Belgium	If your AS/400 is named "MYAS400", you will have to type NET USE \\QMYAS400 password* /USER:QMYAS400\MyUserIdOnMYAS400 Do not forget the "Q" in front of "MYAS400"
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#157190 - 2006-02-15 04:06 AM Re: Mapping a drive to an AS400
Allen Allen KiX Supporter Registered: 2003-04-19 Posts: 4562 Loc: USA	Interesting syntax... what does the "Q"'s signify?
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#157191 - 2006-02-15 10:40 AM Re: Mapping a drive to an AS400
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	bet none of the AS admins know either guess it comes from the qusecof (or wtf the AS guru account was) anyway, no, sorry witto, no. net use is not needed. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#157192 - 2006-02-15 11:37 AM Re: Mapping a drive to an AS400
Richard H. Richard H. Administrator Registered: 2000-01-24 Posts: 4946 Loc: Leatherhead, Surrey, UK	Probably the default format of the NetBIOS name for the (virtual) machine. My AS400 guys opinion on the matter is unprintable.
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#157193 - 2006-02-15 12:12 PM Re: Mapping a drive to an AS400
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	lol. is he pro or con for AS400? I mean, does he smell an AS400 insult or does he not think AS400 is the only perfect platform there is? _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#157194 - 2006-02-16 01:40 AM Re: Mapping a drive to an AS400
Witto Witto MM club member Registered: 2004-09-29 Posts: 1828 Loc: Belgium	AFAIK, on AS/400, the Q is typical for IBM things. There are several libraries with a name starting with "Q". The "Administrator" for Windows and the "root" for linux is the "qsecofr" for as/400. When creating libraries and usernames, it is advised not to start with "Q".
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