Ok, so from the Linux-side it looks like there's no way to restrict the drive letters assigned to samba shares. (I'm using Samba 3.2.5)

On the Windows side however I tested with the following:

net use H: \\test\home\pickup

net use /persistent:yes 

After executing the above commands a new Registry Key was created:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Network\H

I know it won't prevent users from mounting it in whatever path they want, but at least the samba share will always get automounted in a fixed drive letter.

BTW, sorry if this thread is starting to look a little Windows-ish. :P... I just put the Windows commands in the hope to help someone who is asking the same question around the internetz.

Thanks all for your help, I thought I could fix this from the Linux box but your replies put me in the right direction.

Thanks again.

I'm using Fedora with Samba. Is there a way to setup Samba in Linux so that every Windows machine that tries to connect to the share always gets it mounted under the same drive letter (e.g. H:)???

My Samba share (in smb.conf)
/home/pickup

I want that all Window users get it mounted under "H:" drive letter by default.

Thanks.

You can try nagios...It's far away from being simple to configure but certainly is one of the best "watchdogs" out there.

~nm