[TriLUG] Windows Dropping Mapped Samba Share

[Brian via TriLUG]

On 5/21/23 10:47, Bill Weinel via TriLUG wrote:
> 
> Second, Windows has a default time out period in the LanmanServer which 
> causes an automatic client disconnect after a certain period of time. It 
> used to be 15 minutes in Windows7, but I don't know the current default 
> value for Windows 10.
> However, it should be settable using a registry parameter.

Reading about this parameter, it doesn't imply a loss of a mapped drive 
because it talks about being "invisible to [the user]".  I'll give it a 
try anyway, after I have a chance to see whether the net use /persistent 
makes any difference.  Speaking of which...

> 
> You can always try making the share is 'persistent' from the command line:
> 
> net use z: \\share\volume_name /persistent:Yes

Is this any different from ticking the "Reconnect at logon" box through 
the GUI mapping process?  I definitely have been doing that.  In any 
case, I've tried the net use just now and we'll see if that behaves any 
differently.

-B