permissions - 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 \networklocationsharefolder password /USER:username
copy *.bak \networklocationsharefolder*.bak

Answer 1

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 \<network-location><some-share> password /USER:username

Don't leave a trailing at the end of the