Prompt for credentials in a batch script

Question

I am trying to perform a network copy of files via a batch script. However, as usual there are some networks where the 'copy' command fails saying 'Bad username or password'.

And when I try using xcopy, it never works.

I have also tried using,

net use \\server\ password /user:domain\username
net use \\server\ipc$ /user:domain\username password

But none of these work. Any ideas on how I can accomplish this? I was also wondering if it is possible to prompt the ususal Windows login dialog for this...(just an idea)

Any leads on this would be highly appreciated.

Answer 1

According to net help use, giving a password * will ask for the password on the console prompt.

For net use, you will also need to specify a device name (which can also be *, in which case the system uses the next available name), so you could try (untested)

net use * \\server\share * /user:domain\username

This should attempt to login to \\server\share with domain\username, and ask for a password on the console. After that, this share is available via some disk name, but should also be available using the UNC path (as it's successfully logged on)