Groups > alt.comp.os.windows-10 > #183813

The net use/ftpuse command & mounting Windows drive letters

From	Marion <marion@facts.com>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject	The net use/ftpuse command & mounting Windows drive letters
Date	2025-04-19 01:57 +0000
Organization	BWH Usenet Archive (https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com)
Message-ID	<vtuvth$1avv$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> (permalink)

Cross-posted to 2 groups.

Show all headers | View raw

Why does "net use/ftpuse" sometimes mount the result as a drive,
but yet, in other cases, "net use" doesn't result in a drive?

Example 1: Android WebDav server.
When I "net use" the WebDav share, it results in the Android 
file system mounted as a drive letter on Windows.
NET USE [devicename | *] [\\computername\sharename[\volume] [password | *]] [/USER:[domainname\]username] [/USER:[dotted domain name\]username] [/USER:[username@dotted domain name] [/SMARTCARD] [/SAVECRED] [/REQUIREINTEGRITY] [/REQUIREPRIVACY] [/WRITETHROUGH] [/TRANSPORT:{protocolname}]] [[/DELETE] | [/PERSISTENT:{YES | NO}]]


Example 2: Android FTP server.
The Windows FTPUse command also results in the Android file 
file system mounted as a drive letter on Windows.
FTPUSE <driveletter>: <ftpserver> [/USER:<username> <password>] [/PORT:<port>]

<https://www.ferrobackup.com/map-ftp-as-disk.html>
<https://www.wintips.org/map-ftp-to-local-drive-letter-windows/>
<https://github.com/jokerby/ftpusegui>

Example 3: iOS SMB server.
The Windows "net use" command certainly maps the network drive.
You can copy files both ways over the LAN using the command line.
But it doesn't result in a drive letter on Windows?

Why not?

Why does "net use" on a WebDav share result in a drive letter, 
while the same command on an SMB share doesn't result in a drive letter?

Back to alt.comp.os.windows-10 | Previous | Next — Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

The net use/ftpuse command & mounting Windows drive letters Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-04-19 01:57 +0000
  Re: The net use/ftpuse command & mounting Windows drive letters Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-19 09:15 -0400
    Re: The net use/ftpuse command & mounting Windows drive letters Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-04-19 14:22 +0100
      Re: The net use/ftpuse command & mounting Windows drive letters Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-04-22 03:22 +0000

csiph-web