Using SyncBackPro > Expert Mode

You can only edit the values if you are using a UNC path or if the path contains variables (because it is impossible to know if it will be a UNC path or not until the profile is actually run).

•Use this username and password before trying my current username and password: This setting defines which user account will be tried first to connect to the network. If enabled then SyncBackPro will try the supplied username and password before using the defaults. By default SyncBackPro will try using the defaults before the ones supplied.

•Do not try my current username and password: If enabled then SyncBackPro will not use the defaults. Note that if you do not specify a username and password then it will use the defaults even if this option is enabled. This is because that is the only option available, i.e. SyncBackPro must use something to connect and because nothing has been supplied it must use the defaults.

•Do not disconnect from the network after the profile has run: By default SyncBackPro will disconnect the network connection once the profile run has finished (it will not disconnect if it used an existing connection). If you change this setting so that SyncBackPro does not disconnect you should be aware that it may cause problems with the computer you are connecting to and/or from. Windows, and other operating systems, have limits on the number of network connections that they can have open at any one time. The limit could depend on a number of factors, e.g. technical or licensing. If the connection is not dropped then the limit may be reached and problems may occur, e.g. computers may not be able to connect to the remote server.

•Forcibly disconnect if there are open files stopping disconnection: Windows will not disconnect a network connection if there are files on it that are currently open. Those files could be open and being used by any process on the system, e.g. anti-virus software, and not just SyncBackPro. By default SyncBackPro will not forcibly disconnect the network connection. If this option is enabled then SyncBackPro will ask Windows to forcibly disconnect. Note that this may still fail.

The username used for the connection will be shown on the main page of the log file. See the Drive Type in the Source and/or Destination section of the log. The username is shown in brackets next to Remote for the Drive Type. If it is shown with a question mark (?) then it is assumed that the username stored in the Windows credentials manager was used and this is probably the username used.

How SyncBackPro connects

When SyncBackPro connects to a UNC path it is done as follows:

1.It first checks to see if there is already a connection. If so:

a.If the Do not try my current username and password... option is not enabled and no username and password has been given (on the Network settings page) then it is done.

b.If the Do not disconnect... option is enabled it will see if the user is connected using the same username given on the Network settings page. If so it is done. If it's connected as a different user then it will disconnect so it can re-connect as that user.

2.If the Use this username and password... option is enabled, or the Do not try my current username and password... option is enabled, then it will attempt to connect using the username given on the Network settings page. If so it is done. If that fails, and the Do not try my current username and password... option is not enabled, then it will attempt to connect using the defaults.

3.If the Use this username and password... option is not enabled then it will attempt to connect using the defaults. If that fails then it will attempt to connect using the username given on the Network settings page.

What username and password is used if none are given?

This is up to Windows, but there are three possibilities:

1.If there is an existing working connection then the existing cached credentials are used. In Windows, you can only have one set of credentials when connecting to a UNC path (for that server), so if there is already a connection then that is used.

2.If there is a username and password stored in the Windows Credentials Manager for the server you are connecting to, then those will be used (if valid).

3.Failing all else, your current Windows username and password will be tried.

Network, Advanced

Network, Advanced