This message was posted in the past, but it didn't have a solution. I am not having the same issue, and was wondering if anyone had any insight on it. Thanks very much. Name: Arvind (by Arvindsingh_in) Date: August 10, 2004 at 03:21:54 Pacific Subject: windows 2003 map drive problem OS: Windows 2003 CPU/Ram: P IV / 1 GB Comment: Hi, Does anybody have an idea about windows 2003 server map drive folder security permissions. I have share folders in win 2003 that is running Apache tomcat instead of iis.No Active Directory. The windows 2003 server which i am using is member server. I mapped drive folder of remote pc in windows 2003. I am using tomcat webserver in which we got customised application where it will create folder and text file in remote mapped drive for exampe we have given the map drive name as Z:\xyz. When i am trying to give the path of mapped drive in application using tomcat server it is displaying the path but whereas phyiscally when i go and check in map drive folder it is not creating folder and files. But the same is working when iam giving the local disk path for example c:\xyz. I tested this application in windows 2000 server and it is working fine whereas in windows 2003 it is giving problems. When i am trying to give the path \\hostname\folder instead of z:\xyz it is creating folder and files from the application. I Think i am missing security permission somewhere. Because windows 2003 is more secured than windows 2000. If you any ideas please help? Thank you

I'm a little confused by that whole post. If you arne't having this problem, why are you reposting it? And in the reposted post if I understand it correctly Tomcat works when they use a UNC path, but not when they use a mapped network drive?? Or was it vice versa (that part was a little confusing)? If it works one way, but not the other, it's not a security permission problem. It's probably something to do with DNS or WINS (Tomcat can't find the other machine to create the folders on), or maybe they mapped the network drive with a different set of credentials, or there's something wrong in the Tomcat code, or a couple of other things. Basically, not enough info in that reposted post to actually answer it...