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

Question

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

User · Accepted Answer

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    lt network-location gt   lt some-share gt  password  USER username  Don t leave a trailing   at the end of the

User · Answer

You can also map the share to a local drive as follows   net use X     servername share   user morgan password

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