Resolved Command line login to a NAS

This question, again, is probably an Arie area of expertise but I could be wrong.
So I have a NAS. I created a desktop shortcut to the NAS. I have to login with the user name and the password. However, even after logging in using the shortcut, if I drop to DOS and run net view, it sez "access denied ". If I go to windows explorer, which sees the NAS, and I click on it, I have to re-authenticate again.

What i want to be able to do, is run a .bat file using net user or whatever the net command is, be able to login to the NAS and authenticate and then be able to copy files from the host to the NAS

This would be cool:


@echo off
cls
net user login admin password password \\iomega-nas
copy c:\test.txt \\iomega-nas (some command line function that answers yes to overwrite existing file)
exit


I remember when I was a kid I ran a BBS using Remote Access with Doors like Tradewars, Barren Realms, etc in the FidoNet network, I would write .bat files to toss email when they came in.

Those were fun times. But if anybody can give me some direction on copying files to a NAS using a .bat file I would appreciate it. And I know some folks might say just use some backup software, but my view is keeping files in their native format in a non continuous online routine is a another layer of protection that defeats ransomware exploits. I would prefer not to debate my view, let's just construct the .bat file

Thanks all

 

How are you sharing files from NAS ? Is it SAMBA ?

The easiest way I have found to share resources on LAN is to have the same username & password on every device that you want to access. That way, if you login to one you login to everything.

 

net use i: \\iomega-nas /user:{username} {password}

 

@rsinfo--Yes, it is a Seagate Samba

@spy doc What does the i mean after net use?

thanks

 

@spy doc What does the i mean after net use?

net = command
use i: = Drive mapping. \\iomega-nas would be mapped as I:
\\iomega-nas = your nas name
/user {username} = username on nas
{password} = password on nas for the user

 

A NAS is a network object--not a drive

 

You would be sharing something on that NAS. Substitute \\iomega-nas with \\iomega-nas\folder_to_be_shared

 

OK, here is where I am stuck at:


C:\Users\Owner>net use \\ba-23d106
The password or user name is invalid for \\ba-23d106.

Enter the user name for 'ba-23d106': mike
Enter the password for ba-23d106:
The command completed successfully.

looking at above, I couldn't get the net use //device username password to work, I had to enter it manually as shown above.. My symbol syntax must be wrong (i.e. /:username or whatever) But the good news is I could "copy file \\ba-23d106|sharename successfully" after logging in. So now I need to tweak this command line to take the login.

Thanks

 

You forgot the:

i:​

between the "use" and "\\ ".

Now that we know all but the password, the command would be:

net use i: \\iomega-nas /user:mike {password}​

But, replace that "{password}" part with your real password. (And don't forget the space between "mike" and your password).

When you get it right, your iomega-nas will show up as drive I: in Windows Explorer.

 

Doc, I don't understand why you want to call the NAS a drive, albeit virtual. When I open up networks in explorer, it already sees the NAS. When I click on it, that is when I need to login and authenticate.

I don't think I need to map it. As you can in my command line output, I left out the login/auth procedure and thats what I need to add to the command line.

Thanks for your time

 

Use net use i: \\ioemega-nas\shared_folder instead of use i:\\iomega-nas.

 

Just trying to get the right syntax.. Right off the bat, I wanna leave out the drive mappng--that's a distraction right now

Here's where I am at:

@echo off
cls
net use \\ba-23d106 /user:mike [password]
copy test.txt \\ba-23d106\file /Y
exit

Two last things: How do I hash out the password prompt, if possible, and how can I do a dir of
the share name that the file was copied to?

dir \\ba-23d106\file does not show the contents of that directory..But if i do a net view \\ba-23d106 it shows all the shares/directories of the NAS

Thanks