OBS Doesn't show or recognize Network Drives

[OGLordBlight]

It was working until the last update. I have resources on a NAS and a PC and when I open the properties window and try to find these network drives they are non-existent but are available through windows.

https://obsproject.com/logs/aACBHQLZBcy09510

Thanks for the help

 

[R1CH]

13:48:12.097: Running as administrator: true

Network drives mapped as a regular user are not visible to admins.

 

[Héraès]

Hello,

I have the same problem, but, as these screenshots show, I AM an administrator :

OBS Studio is the ONLY software amongts a few rare ones, that are not taking into account my Amdinistrator status.
I tried opening Chrome and saving a webpage, I can SEE the network drives without any problem.
But as soon as I launch OBS in admin mode, poof ! No network drives anymore...

 

[R1CH]

Yes, that is expected behavior.

Network drives mapped as a regular user are not visible to admins.

 

[Héraès]

Nope, it is not : you said "Network drives mapped as a regular user are not visible to admins." wich implies (LOGICAL DEDUCTION) that it is supposed to recognize network drives mapped by administrators, wich I am. ^^

The part "mapped by regular user" is the part on wich you are stuck.

Not mentioning that for an admin to not be allowed to see folder on wich there is a basic "user authorization" is a total stupidity : it's like avoiding a boss to enter its enterprise just because he has the level of a user and of a chief. >_< RULES ARE NESTED, and the highest takes precedence on the LOWEST.

 

[R1CH]

The adminstrator group token is not used on a regular user account unless you've disabled UAC or specifically run the application elevated. Typically the shell is a non-elevated context and thus drives mapped there won't be seen by the elevated context.

 

[Héraès]

on a regular user account

Can you stop saying that I'm a regular user when I sent you a screenshot showing that I'm not ? I'm an administrator.

or specifically run the application elevated

About that : I run OBS with admin elevation (never understood why I add to do this given that... I am an admin) to fix the very famous problem of stuttering of OBS.

thus drives mapped there won't be seen by the elevated context.

Wich contradicts the previous quote where you said that the admin group token was used when elevating.

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I don't blame you, Windows has become a vast dump of bullshit since years. I even been in severe conflict with so-called "Microsoft technicians" on IRC channels, who were unable to admit the illogic of the rights management on Windows.

 

[R1CH]

Please read up on how LUA / UAC works, being in the Administrators group does not grant you an administrator token until you elevate. Hence, when you map your network drive, you are not an admin.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Account_Control is a good place to start:

• When someone logs into Vista as a standard user, the system sets up a logon session and assigns a token containing only the most basic privileges. In this way, the new logon session cannot make changes that would affect the entire system.
• When a person logs in as a user with membership in the Administrators group, the system assigns two separate tokens: the first token contains all privileges typically awarded to an administrator, and the second is a restricted token similar to what a standard user would receive.
  • User applications, including the Windows Shell, then start with the restricted token, resulting in a reduced-privilege environment – even when running under an Administrator account.

You can open a cmd prompt as admin and map the drive there so it will show in OBS:

net use x: \\server\share

 

[Héraès]

I don't see why an administrator COULDN'T SEE something created under and with a regular account. Or that would be the opened door to hacking anything as an invisible man. You quote doesn't explain anything beyong the vacuity.

This would have lead you to a COMPREHENSIBLE statement right at the begining, like "Network drives mapped as an ADMIN account aren't visible by admins because MS are too stupid to respect the rules of privileges. Please remap your drives by elevating the button in the explorer dedicated to it, in a way or another and I can't help you because elevating explorer is kind of a metaphysical trick to realize in a GUI... wich is based on that explorer process".

But you prefered to make us dance with a rictus of contempt... -_-

 

[Héraès]

I even said "I tried opening Chrome and saving a webpage, I can SEE the network drives without any problem." a few messages ago, but that failed into nothingness...

 

[R1CH]

There's some small security implications, in that malware running as a user could create a mapped drive into an administrator session, but it's not much to worry about for most users. There's some more info at https://security.stackexchange.com/...-enablelinkedconnections-pose-a-security-risk including a registry key to force linkage between the two sessions.