net use

net use

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Manages connections with shared resources.

Syntax

 net use [   devicename   *] [\   computername   \   sharename   [\   volume   ]  [   password   *] ] [   credentials   ] [ [/delete]  [/persistent:{yes  no}] ] 

where credentials represents one of:

 [/user:[   domainname   \]   username   ]    [/user:[   dotted domain name   \]   username   ]    [/user:[   username@dotted domain name   ] net use {   devicename   *} [   password   *] /home net use [/persistent:{yes  no}] 

Options

None

A list of current network connections.

devicename

The resource to connect/disconnect. (Specify D : to Z : for drives and LPT1 : to LPT3 : for printers, or use an asterisk to assign the next available device name.)

\\computername\sharename[\volume]

The shared resource to connect/disconnect. volume represents a NetWare volume to connect/disconnect (requires Client Service for NetWare or Gateway Service for NetWare).

[password *]

Password required for the resource. An asterisk causes a prompt for the password when the command is run.

/user:[domainname\]username

Domain to connect from and username to use for establishing the connection (if required). If domainname is omitted, the current logon domain is used.

/delete

Termination of the connection. (If an asterisk is used for the connection, all network connections are disconnected.)

/home[password *]

Connection of a user to the home directory.

/persistent:[yes no]

yes makes the connection being made and subsequent connections persistent (saves them and restores them at next logon). no makes the connection being made and subsequent connections nonpersistent, but existing persistent connections remain so (use /delete to remove persistent connections).

Examples

Display a list of currently connected mapped network drives:

  net use  New connections will be remembered. Status  Local  Remote           Network ----------------------------------------------- OK      I:   \leonardo\swynk     Microsoft Windows Network OK      J:   \leonardo\transfer  Microsoft Windows Network The command completed successfully. 

Notice that all connections are currently persistent.

View details of I: connection:

  net use I:  Local name        I: Remote name       \leonardo\swynk Resource type     Disk Status            OK # Opens           0 # Connections     1 The command completed successfully. 

Display a list of connections on server BACH :

  net view \bach  Shared resources at \bach Share name   Type   Used as  Comment ------------------------------------------------ NETLOGON     Disk            Logon server share one          Disk source       Disk SYSVOL       Disk            Logon server share test2        Disk test3        Disk y1           Disk y2           Disk y3           Disk The command completed successfully. 

Map the drive letter P: to the share TEST2 on BACH :

  net use p: \bach\test2  The command completed successfully. 

Disconnect mapped drive P : previously connected:

  net use p: /delete  p: was deleted successfully. 

Notes

• Use quotes to enclose computername if it contains embedded spaces.

• You can't disconnect from a share if it is your current drive or if it is locked by an active process.

See Also

net file , net session , net share , net view , Shared Folders