A permissions puzzle
Brian Inglis
Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca
Sun Dec 22 22:24:00 GMT 2019
On 2019-12-22 06:08, Eliot Moss wrote:
> On 12/22/2019 7:34 AM, Andrey Repin wrote:
>
>> Drive has specific network path, use it.
>
> Thank you, Andrey, but with (admittedly minimal) searching and
> playing around, I could not figure out how to determine what
> that path is. This is a locally attached (USB) external drive.
> And I may be on networks where network discovery is not wise ...
https://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/how-to-change-the-drive-letter-in-windows-xp-for-an-external-usb-stick-or-hard-drive/
With drive inserted, run:
Computer Management/Storage/Disk Management/select Removable Drive/context menu
Change Drive Letter and Paths/Change button/either select Assign...letter/select
letter/or select Mount in...folder/browse or type path to an empty folder/OK/OK.
List by volume label:
$ wmic logicaldisk where "VolumeName='LABEL'" list brief
DeviceID DriveType FreeSpace ProviderName Size VolumeName
D: 3 797638373376 999007711232 LABEL
> Is there a canonical network name for a locally attached drive with a
> particular label?
Windows doesn't really use labels, but there is a local volume GUID:
$ mountvol # lists all volume paths \\?\Volume{...}\
$ l /proc/sys/GLOBAL\?\?/Volume\{...\}/
'$Recycle.Bin'/ PerfLogs/ swapfile.sys
'Documents and Settings'@ 'Program Files'/ 'System Volume Information'/
hiberfil.sys 'Program Files (x86)'/ Users/
OEM/ ProgramData/ Windows/
PageFile.sys Recovery/
$ l /proc/cygdrive/d/
'$Recycle.Bin'/ PerfLogs/ swapfile.sys
'Documents and Settings'@ 'Program Files'/ 'System Volume Information'/
hiberfil.sys 'Program Files (x86)'/ Users/
OEM/ ProgramData/ Windows/
PageFile.sys Recovery/
$ cmd /c 'dir /a \\?\Volume{...}\'
Volume in drive \\?\Volume{...} is LABEL
Volume Serial Number is XXXX-XXXX
Directory of \\?\Volume{...}
2018-09-21 15:26 <DIR> $Recycle.Bin
2018-09-19 15:09 <JUNCTION> Documents and Settings [C:\Users]
2018-09-21 11:13 7,448,412,160 hiberfil.sys
2018-09-20 13:23 <DIR> OEM
2019-12-07 04:06 8,589,934,592 PageFile.sys
2018-04-11 16:38 <DIR> PerfLogs
2018-09-20 19:51 <DIR> Program Files
2018-09-20 19:51 <DIR> Program Files (x86)
2018-09-20 18:13 <DIR> ProgramData
2018-09-20 17:53 <DIR> Recovery
2018-09-21 11:01 268,435,456 swapfile.sys
2018-12-04 17:56 <DIR> System Volume Information
2019-03-20 07:49 <DIR> Users
2018-09-20 18:09 <DIR> Windows
3 File(s) 16,306,782,208 bytes
11 Dir(s) 0 bytes free
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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