Systems and methods for providing protocol independent disjoint drive letter sets

1. A method comprising:

enabling a session level restriction (SLR);

receiving a request from a first user of a first client to mount a device connected to the first client;

creating a volume for the connected device;

determining if a first drive-letter for the volume has been created;

retrieving a unique ID for the volume;

caching information related to the first drive-letter;

deleting the first drive-letter from global namespace;

creating a first symbolic link in a first user session namespace based, at least in part, on the cached information, wherein the symbolic link is a second drive-letter; and

notifying a manager that the first symbolic link has been created.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

verifying that the first drive-letter is available for mounting in a second user session namespace.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

queuing the first symbolic link to be deleted when the connected device is removed.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a device removal notification;

caching the information; and

notifying a first auxiliary application to delete the first symbolic link from the first user session namespace.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a device removal notification;

caching the information;

deleting the first symbolic link from the first user session namespace; and

notifying the manager that the first symbolic link has been deleted.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the connected device is a mass storage device.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the symbolic link is created by a second auxiliary application.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

receiving a removal notification;

retrieving the information from an SLR driver;

spawning a process in a first user session associated with the first user session namespace; and

deleting, by the second auxiliary application, the first symbolic link from the first user session namespace.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein priority is given to the first symbolic link associated with the first user session namespace.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a request from a second user of a second client to mount a device connected to the second client;

creating a second volume for the second connected device;

determining if a second symbolic link for the second volume has been created, wherein the second symbolic link is a third drive-letter;

retrieving a second unique ID for the second volume, wherein the third drive-letter is the same as the second drive-letter;

caching second information related to the third drive-letter;

deleting the third drive-letter from the global namespace; and

notifying the manager when the second symbolic link has been created.

11. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic that is operable when executed to:

by an operating system:

enabling a session level restriction (SLR);

receiving a request from a first user of a first client to mount a device connected to the first client;

creating a volume for the connected device;

determining if a first drive-letter for the volume has been created;

retrieving a unique ID for the volume;

caching information related to the first drive-letter;

deleting the first drive-letter from global namespace;

creating a first symbolic link in a first user session namespace based, at least in part, on the cached information, wherein the first symbolic link is a second drive-letter; and

notifying a manager that the first symbolic link has been created.

12. The media of claim 11 , further comprising:

by the operating system:

verifying that the first drive-letter is available for mounting in a second user session namespace; and

queuing the first symbolic link to be deleted when the connected device is removed.

13. The media of claim 11 , further comprising:

by an operating system:

receiving a device removal notification;

caching the information;

deleting the first symbolic link from the first user session namespace; and

notifying the manager that the first symbolic link has been deleted.

14. The media of claim 11 , wherein the first symbolic link is created by a second auxiliary application.

15. The media of claim 14 , further comprising:

by the operating system:

receiving a removal notification;

retrieving the information from an SLR driver;

spawning a process in a first user session associated with the first user session namespace;

deleting the second drive-letter from the first user session namespace;

deleting, by the second auxiliary application, the first symbolic link.

16. The media of claim 11 , further comprising:

by the operating system:

receiving a request from a second user of a second client to mount a device connected to the second client;

creating a second volume for the second connected device;

determining if a second symbolic link for the second volume has been created, wherein the second symbolic link is a third drive-letter;

retrieving a second unique ID for the second volume, wherein the third drive-letter is the same as the second drive-letter;

caching second information related to the third drive-letter;

deleting the third drive-letter from the global namespace; and

notifying the manager when the second symbolic link has been created.

17. An information handling system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors being operable when executing the instructions to:

by an operating system:

enabling a session level restriction (SLR);

receiving a request from a first user of a first client to mount a device connected to the first client;

creating a volume for the connected device;

determining if a first drive-letter for the volume has been created;

retrieving a unique ID for the volume;

caching information related to the first drive-letter;

deleting the first drive-letter from global namespace;

creating a first symbolic link in a first user session namespace based, at least in part, on the cached information, wherein the first symbolic link is a second drive letter; and

notifying a manager that the first symbolic link has been created.

18. The information handing system of claim 17 , further comprising:

by the operating system:

receiving a device removal notification;

caching the information;

deleting the first symbolic link from the first user session namespace; and

notifying the manager that the first symbolic link has been deleted.

19. The information handling system of claim 17 , further comprising:

by the operating system:

wherein the first symbolic link is created by a second auxiliary application;

receiving a removal notification;

retrieving the information from an SLR driver;

spawning a process in a first user session associated with the first user session namespace;

deleting the second drive-letter from the first user session namespace; and

deleting, by the second auxiliary application, the first symbolic link.

20. The information handling system of claim 17 , further comprising:

by the operating system:

receiving a request from a second user of a second client to mount a device connected to the second client;

creating a second volume for the second connected device;

determining if a second symbolic link for the second volume has been created, wherein the second symbolic link is a third drive-letter;

retrieving a second unique ID for the second volume, wherein the third drive-letter is the same as the second drive-letter;

caching second information related to the third drive-letter;

deleting the third drive-letter from the global namespace; and

notifying the manager that the second symbolic link has been created.