Using a UNC path to map a drive in Windows Server

[Shammikit]

Hello, I'm trying to map a network drive in my Windows Server using a UNC path for a user using the following script.

$uncServer = "\\192.168.xx.xx"
$uncFullPath = "$uncServer\Daily" // Daily is the folder name 
$username = "domain\user"
$password = "passwd"

net use * $uncFullPath /u:$username $password

When i try this script I receive the following error

System error 53 has occurred.

The network path was not found.

03/10/2020 - INFO: ----------------------
03/10/2020 - INFO: Start the Script
03/10/2020 - Error: \\192.168.xx.xx\Daily does not exist

I have confirmed that this network path is available even though the error states that it doesn't exist. It can also be pinged.

 

I have been looking around to resolve this for a few hours now and had no luck. It would be helpful if you could suggest a point to troubleshoot and check. Thanks.

[leadeater]

Does the user account mounting the share have both share permissions and NTFS permissions to do so?

 

Check by mapping it manually and specify the username password you're trying to use.

 

Also generally (almost always) it's not a good idea to map drives using scripts anymore and putting passwords in clear text in scripts. Ideally you'd have a AD Domain and use Group Policy but that's a bit much if you have a single server and never intended to run a AD Domain.

[Shammikit]

4 minutes ago, leadeater said:

Does the user account mounting the share have both share permissions and NTFS permissions to do so?

 

Check by mapping it manually and specify the username password you're trying to use.

 

Also generally (almost always) it's not a good idea to map drives using scripts anymore and putting passwords in clear text in scripts. Ideally you'd have a AD Domain and use Group Policy but that's a bit much if you have a single server and never intended to run a AD Domain.

Yes I can confirmed that it is possible to map it manually and I have given full permission to the user that I'm trying to map it to.

 

 

[Jarsky]

9 minutes ago, Shammikit said:

Yes I can confirmed that it is possible to map it manually and I have given full permission to the user that I'm trying to map it to.

 

 

 

Does the share server have NetBIOS? Have you tried by the NetBIOS name/hostname? 

 

Check the Group Policies on the server and ensure that "Network Security: Restrict NTLM: NTLM authentication in this domain" isn't enabled.

It's in Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options

I imagine you can just do a gpresult /h C:\report.html on the server. 

[Windows7ge]

Is there a reason you don't use the GUI to map the network share to the user as Leadeater suggested?