Please can any one tell me how to use the dos command net use properly?

I have read the help but can't seem to get it to work.  Keep getting sytax
error message.

Thanks in advance.

"Beowulf" <who-knows@no-one.com> wrote in message
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> Please can any one tell me how to use the dos command net use properly?
>
> I have read the help but can't seem to get it to work.  Keep getting sytax
> error message.

what are you trying to do?  There are about 50 options to "net use" that do
a ton of different things.

ws

"Beowulf" <who-knows@no-one.com> wrote in message
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> Please can any one tell me how to use the dos command net use properly?
>
> I have read the help but can't seem to get it to work.  Keep getting sytax
> error message.
>

What's the syntax of the command that is giving you problems?

i am trying to conect to another ip useing net use and map there c dive to
my x drive, where x is a currently unsed drive.

"Beowulf" <who-knows@no-one.com> wrote in message
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> i am trying to conect to another ip useing net use and map there c dive to
> my x drive, where x is a currently unsed drive.
>
>

What does the machine share that C drive as?  The IP you're talking about is
running some variant of Windows or Samba, right?

One example would be the machine is an NT/2000 machine, so you could hook up
to the administrative share.  For the C drive, the share name would be "c$"
without the quotes, so the command would be:

net use X: \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\c$

where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address you're talking about.  If that
works, then you will most likely be presented with a login dialog in which
you will need to supply a user name and password that has administrative
rights.

You can also use the GUI form via explorer. Depeneding on your OS it is
usually available under Tools/Map Network Drive. Or you can use the Network
Neighbourhood approach.

If you need to know the cmd line, use windows help from the Start menu. Look
for 'Command Reference' in the index or look for net use.


"Beowulf" <who-knows@no-one.com> wrote in message
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> i am trying to conect to another ip useing net use and map there c dive to
> my x drive, where x is a currently unsed drive.
>
>
>

I am useing win 98 the help file does not say anything about a c$

?

net use does not show up in the index under help unfortunatly.

Thanks for the the explore tip.

for \\computername\foldername  will the ip for the computer name?

Here is the help text.

Net use
Connects a computer to or disconnects a computer from a shared resource, or
displays information about computer connections. The command also controls
persistent net connections.

net use [devicename | *] [\\computername\sharename[\volume]] [password | *]]
[/user:[domainname\]username] [[/delete] | [/persistent:{yes | no}]]

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

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

Parameters

none

Used without parameters, net use retrieves a list of network connections.

devicename

Assigns a name to connect to the resource or specifies the device to be
disconnected. There are two kinds of device names: disk drives (D: through
Z:) and printers (LPT1: through LPT3:). Type an asterisk instead of a
specific device name to assign the next available device name.

\\computername\sharename

Specifies the name of the server and the shared resource. If computername
contains blank characters, enclose the entire computer name from the double
backslash (\\) to the end of the computer name in quotation marks (" "). The
computer name may be from 1 to 15 characters long.

\volume

Specifies a NetWare volume on the server. You must have Client Service for
NetWare (Windows 2000 Professional) or Gateway Service for NetWare (Windows
2000 Server) installed and running to connect to NetWare servers,

password

Specifies the password needed to access the shared resource.

*

Produces a prompt for the password. The password is not displayed when you
type it at the password prompt.

/user

Specifies a different user name with which the connection is made.

domainname

Specifies another domain. For example, net use d:\\server\share
/user:admin\mariel connects the user identifier mariel as if the connection
were made from the admin domain. If domainname is omitted, the current
logged on domain is used.

username

Specifies the user name with which to log on.

/delete

Cancels the specified network connection. If the user specifies the
connection with an asterisk, all network connections are canceled.

/home

Connects a user to the home directory.

/persistent

Controls the use of persistent network connections. The default is the
setting used last. Deviceless connections are not persistent.

yes

Saves all connections as they are made, and restores them at next logon.

no

Does not save the connection being made or subsequent connections. Existing
connections are restored at the next logon. Use the /delete switch to remove
persistent connections.


"Beowulf" <who-knows@no-one.com> wrote in message
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> net use does not show up in the index under help unfortunatly.
>
> Thanks for the the explore tip.
>
> for \\computername\foldername  will the ip for the computer name?
>
>
>
>

oh dear this all looks really complxed *sobs*

do i have to use all thoses parmiters then before it will work?

"Beowulf" <who-knows@no-one.com> wrote in message
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> oh dear this all looks really complxed *sobs*
>
> do i have to use all thoses parmiters then before it will work?

Nope.  As posted before, the most generic way to map drives is

net use driveletter: \\servername\sharename

As in:
net use x: \\ntserver\myfiles

ws

"Beowulf" <who-knows@no-one.com> wrote in message
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> I am useing win 98 the help file does not say anything about a c$
>
What's the name of the share on the IP address you are trying to connect to?

Haven't been watching but why not type it into a text editor (edit.com) save
it as a bat and call it something easy like h.bat for drive h: or
whatever.......


"Philip Sloss" <stuff@lupwa.org> wrote in message
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> "Beowulf" <who-knows@no-one.com> wrote in message
> news:9ks3p0$10re$1@news.grc.com...
> > I am useing win 98 the help file does not say anything about a c$
> >
> What's the name of the share on the IP address you are trying to connect
to?
>
>
>
>

"Charlie Tame" <charlie@tames.net> wrote in message
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> Haven't been watching but why not type it into a text editor (edit.com)
save
> it as a bat and call it something easy like h.bat for drive h: or
> whatever.......

Well, what's increasingly odd about this thread is that it started out as
"net use" syntax -- but I'm not sure if that was the real objective.  If the
objective is just to create a connection to a shared drive on a given IP
address, there are easier ways to do that.  Windows will remember the
connections and reconnect them for you on login, too...

"Beowulf" <who-knows@no-one.com> wrote in message
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> Please can any one tell me how to use the dos command net use properly?

To save yourself  a lot of bother do a search on the net for a tool called
Legion it does all that you want to do within your GUI. Only prob Is you'll
need to enable Netbios and Install Winsock 2 if you dont already have it.

"William UK" <William@will.co.uk> wrote in me
> To save yourself  a lot of bother do a search on the net for a tool called
> Legion it does all that you want to do within your GUI. Only prob Is
you'll
> need to enable Netbios and Install Winsock 2 if you dont already have it.

Or just enable Netbios and click
Start\Find\Computer
Type in
\\IPaddress
And hit the Find now button.
I hope you are'nt up to something dodgy?

That's ok, as soon as he enables netbios, the bad guys can find him.

Note: The volume of netbios scans is way up since code-red hit. They are
using it as a smokescreen.

If you do change anything, go to http://grc.com and do a shield check as
well as a full port check.

"William UK" <William@will.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "William UK" <William@will.co.uk> wrote in me
> > To save yourself  a lot of bother do a search on the net for a tool
called
> > Legion it does all that you want to do within your GUI. Only prob Is
> you'll
> > need to enable Netbios and Install Winsock 2 if you dont already have
it.
>
> Or just enable Netbios and click
> Start\Find\Computer
> Type in
> \\IPaddress
> And hit the Find now button.
> I hope you are'nt up to something dodgy?
>
>
>

"Ron Alexander" <rcalex@home.com> wrote in message
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> That's ok, as soon as he enables netbios, the bad guys can find him.

That's very true but he could disable shares on his side or password the lot
while doing what he has to do. Then disable it totally afterwards.

That is true, but given the type of questions being asked, I doubt if he
would know to do that.


"William UK" <William@will.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "Ron Alexander" <rcalex@home.com> wrote in message
> news:9ksiql$1mj3$1@news.grc.com...
> > That's ok, as soon as he enables netbios, the bad guys can find him.
>
> That's very true but he could disable shares on his side or password the
lot
> while doing what he has to do. Then disable it totally afterwards.
>
>
>
>

>I hope you are'nt up to something dodgy?

Well i don't plan on being into anything doggy.  I am just trying to figure
out how things work so i know more about computers and how they work.

>That is true, but given the type of questions being asked, I doubt if he
>would know to do that.

Being Newbie Suxs :)

I really don't have anything spefic in mind other than learning how it
(NetBios) works.

If you really want to learn, go to www.samba.org

Also, you should be aware that netbios and the internet are a major security
issue.

If you want to play, set up a local net.

Good luck (netbios is one of the most complex pieces of software there is)

"Beowulf" <who-knows@no-one.com> wrote in message
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> >That is true, but given the type of questions being asked, I doubt if he
> >would know to do that.
>
> Being Newbie Suxs :)
>
> I really don't have anything spefic in mind other than learning how it
> (NetBios) works.
>
>