Network Administration: Net Use Command

In the Windows Server 2008 environment the Net Use command connects to or disconnects from a shared resource on another computer and maps the resource to a drive letter. Here’s the complete syntax:


net use [{drive | *}]
[{\ComputerNameShareName]
[{Password | *}]]
[/user:[DomainName]UserName]
[/savecred]
[/smartcard]
[{/delete | /persistent:{yes | no}}]

To set up a home directory, use this syntax:


net use [drive [/home[{password | *}] 
[/delete:{yes | no}]]

And to control whether connections should be persistent, use this:


net use [/persistent:{yes | no}]

Here’s what the parameters do:



  • DeviceName: Specifies the drive letter. (Note that for a printer, you should specify a printer device such as LPT1: here instead of a drive letter.) If you specify an asterisk, Windows will determine what drive letter to use.



  • \\ComputerName\ShareName: The server and share name to connect to.



  • Password: The password needed to access the shared resource. If you use an asterisk, you’re prompted for the password.



  • User: Specifies the username to use for the connection.



  • Savecred: Saves the credentials for reuse later if the user is prompted for a password.



  • Smartcard: Specifies that the connection should use a smart card for authorization.



  • Delete: Deletes the specified connection. If you specify an asterisk (*), all network connections are canceled.



  • Persistent: Specifies whether connections should be persistent.



  • Home: Connects to the home directory.




To display all current connections, type net use with no parameters.


The following example shows how to create a persistent connection to a drive named Acct on a server named Server01, using drive K:


C:\>net use k: \\Server01\Acct /persistent: yes

The following example drops the connection:


C:\>net use k: /delete



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