Cannot copy files via the Copy File Policy that use a short Windows share name (e.g. c$\temp)

  • 3916102
  • 31-Aug-2006
  • 30-Apr-2012

Environment


Novell ZENworks Server Management 7 - ZSM7 Tiered Electronic Distribution (TED)
Novell ZENworks Server Management 6.5 - ZSM6.5 Tiered Electronic Distribution (TED)
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows Server 2003

Situation

Copy File Policy won't copy to Windows shares using the short denotion
Cannot copy files via the Copy File Policy that use a short Windows share name (e.g. c$\temp)

Resolution

Relative pathing isn't supported in the Copy File Policy.
Using an absolute path such as \\127.0.0.1\c$\temp will work correctly.

Additional Information

Using the relative path will cause the Subscriber to resolve the relative path from it's Java working directory.

So, a relative path of c$\temp would be changed to c:\zenworks\pds\bin\c$temp, which is invalid.