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ayth
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Post by ayth »

Hello,

I have a situation that is a Systems Admin nightmare. I have three separate domains, separate forests, that are connected through a site to site VPN.

Users in one office have to connect to shares on a server in another office, separate domain. They have user accounts in the remote domain. I'm scripting something that will prompt them for their password and map the drives. I want to know if it's possible to mask the input they type into the input box. I haven't found a way so far but thought to post the question. My code is at the bottom(it's a work in progress so no cracks about error trapping at the moment :) ). Thanks.

Cheers,

Ayth

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'==========================================================================
'
' VBScript Source File -- Created with SAPIEN Technologies PrimalScript 2007
'
' NAME: Map OC Bermuda drive.
'
' AUTHOR: Darrin Henshaw , Ignition Bermuda
' DATE  : 1/24/2008
'
' COMMENT: Created so that users can create mapped drives to OC BDA shares.
'
'==========================================================================
Option Explicit
' Initialize and create variables.
Dim strUser, objNetwork, strPassword, strRemote, arrShares, arrDrives, strProfile, strDrive, strDrives, objDrives, i, strAnswer
arrDrives = Array("T:","M:","V:")
strRemote = "10.1.1.134"
arrShares = Array("OCI_NY_BDA_data","Documents","Cash Reports")
strProfile = "False"

'Create Network object, to get the local username, and to map the drive later on.
Set objNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
Set objDrives = objNetwork.EnumNetworkDrives
For i = 0 to objDrives.Count - 1 Step 2
 For Each strDrives In arrDrives
 If objDrives.Item(i) = strDrives Then
  objNetwork.RemoveNetworkDrive objDrives.Item(i)
 End If
 Next
Next

' Get the local username, and append the Bermuda domain name to it.
strUser = objNetwork.Username
'WScript.Echo strUser
strUser = "olympiabda" & strUser
strPassword = InputBox("Please input password for Bermuda account:")
' map the network drive to the correct server.
i = 0
For Each strDrives In arrDrives
objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive strDrives, strRemote & arrShares(i), strProfile, strUser, strPassword
i = i + 1
Next
' Destroy variables from memory.
Set objNetwork = Nothing
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jdelatorre@hfinc.com
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Post by jdelatorre@hfinc.com »

Your probably going to have to look at an HTA, or possibly Powershell. Have you checked the ScriptingVault?
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jglessner
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Post by jglessner »

If your users are all on Windows XP you can do it using the technique discussed in this Technet article. If not, I believe jdelatorre is right, and you're going to want to look at using an HTA.Hope this helps!- Joe
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wow, didnt know about that object Joe. Looks like it got tossed in vista however. 8(Good to know though.
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jglessner
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They removed it in Vista?!?! GAH! One more reason for me to never install it. I wonder if there is an equivalent or something better maybe (or is that too much to hope for)?- Joe
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no, the DLL doesnt exist on my vista machine. So the script bombs
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Hmm do you have the dotNET framework installed? The page mentioned that it was required.- Joe
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Odd, the .dll is a component of the .NET framework (maybe only v2). I've found a couple pages where people say you can copy the .dll from an XP or WS2003 machine to Vista, register it, and it works.The file is in %SYSTEMROOT%system 32 on those systems, and can be registered on Vista by running "C:WindowsSystem32> regsvr32 scriptpw.dll" at a command prompt (remember to elevate if UAC is turned on).Seems reasonable to me, though disappointing that Microsoft did not include this with Vista.- Joe
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I agree. PowerShell seems to be the preferred way for me though.
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