How to give credentials in a batch script that copies files to a network location?

permissions networking passwords batch-file

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Solution 1

Try using the net use command in your script to map the share first, because you can provide it credentials. Then, your copy command should use those credentials.

net use \\<network-location>\<some-share> password /USER:username

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Solution 2

You can also map the share to a local drive as follows:

net use X: "\\servername\share" /user:morgan password

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Zac

Updated on July 09, 2022

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Zac almost 2 years
The environment is Windows Web Server 2008, and I'm just trying to copy a folder full of files to a network location (a managed backup network folder). Here is my .bat file, running in the folder with my .bat files:
```
copy *.bak \\networklocation\*.bak
pause
```
however \\networklocation requires username x and password y, so running the script gives:
```
Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password.
```
I can't figure out a way to supply my credentials. I tried creating a scheduled task and modifying the security options, but this only seems to allow you to use credentials relevant to the machine (i.e. I try putting in username x and it can't find it).

How do I run this script with all the right permissions?

Solution:
```
net use \\networklocation\sharefolder password /USER:username
copy \*.bak \\networklocation\sharefolder\*.bak
```
Zac over 13 years

So I tried adding this before my copy command, and I get "The network path was not found". If I type \\networklocation\ into explorer it works and brings up the password box, so I know the location is correct. I'm actually using the ip address too (\\x.x.x.x\) so I'd really have thought it shouldn't have a problem with the location.
Max over 13 years

Try to use some folder in the network path. \\networklocation\folder
Zac over 13 years

Thanks! Needed a folder specifying. Makes plenty of sense actually, I guess you can't use the root because it's not really a root, is it? Just somewhere that has some shared folders within it.
mavrosxristoforos over 10 years

Just as an info, on Windows XP I got an error with this script but it works great if you don't include the backslash after the directory name. Thank you!
Morgan Williams about 9 years

for some reason its not showing the two back slashes before server name
Morgan Williams about 9 years

net use x: "\\servername\share" /user:morgan password
ArtOfWarfare about 6 years

@Zac - The other answer has the password in a different spot, and doesn't map the share to a local drive. Not actually sure that either of those are necessary.