Windows 8.1 doesn't remember name/password and doesn't autoconnect?

joq3 · Sep 26th 2014

Hi,

I've added my OMV-server's aufs pool as a network drive. When I log in with my username and password and check "Remember password" it works, but when you reboot it says it could not reconnect. And if I click the network drive a login windows pops up, so I have to login again.

How come this isn't remembered?

This is more a Windows question than a OMV, but can you please help me?

Thank you!

KM0201 · Sep 26th 2014

As far as I know, that's a security feature. Login is required again after a reboot, etc. I'm assuming there is a way to "override" this.. but this is common behavior for Win 7 and 8.

omv-freak · Sep 26th 2014

I had the same issue using win7. I had to manually add the user/pass to the "Windows Credential Manager". If an entry exists already for your share, you'll have to remove it first. After that it was not necessary to enter user/pass again!

joq3 · Sep 26th 2014

Quote from omv-freak

I had the same issue using win7. I had to manually add the user/pass to the "Windows Credential Manager". If an entry exists already for your share, you'll have to remove it first. After that it was not necessary to enter user/pass again!

Got the autologin to work by typing WORKGROUP\Username

But it still doesn't reconnect as it should, I get a popup every boot saying it could not reconnect all network drives, and the drive has a red X on it. But clicking it will work and after that you are connected.

It seems its trying to connect before the computers network-card is even running, at bootup.

Is there something I can do to fix this annoying thing?

silvrblue · Sep 29th 2014

Startupscript at logon:
Paste into notepad:

Quote

@echo off
set delay=60
ping lokalhost-n %delay%
net use z: \\192.168.0.xxx/share1 /user:username password /persistent:no
net use y: \\192.168.0.xxx/share2 /user:username password /persistent:no

Save As-> startup.bat
Put in startmenu->All programs->Startup

(Ping is there so the networkconnection can properly be started before connecting to shares.)

subzero79 · Sep 29th 2014

It has to do with a win policy, had the same problem in win7 some time ago. Give me a few minutes to see if I can remember which one was.

edit: I can't replicate this problem any more, I've upgraded to OMV 1.0 a few day ago, Wheezy now comes with Samba 3. OMV 0.5 and squeeze came with 2.X. Which version are you using now for OMV?

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