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Re: The net use/ftpuse command & mounting Windows drive letters

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On Sat, 19 Apr 2025 14:22:51 +0100, Andy Burns wrote :


>> This seems to have WebDAV as a drive letter.
>> 
>>     https://help.dreamhost.com/hc/en-us/articles/216473357-Accessing-WebDAV- 
>> with-Windows
> 
> The windows webdav client is now deprecated, and I regard that as a good 
> thing, it is capable of going wrong in many and varied ways, after 
> working reliably for weeks/months then you "fix" it and it works again 
> for months, then breaks in a different way ... though my experience was 
> all with sharepoint/IIS as the webDAV server.

Without having to repeat that I'm not a networking expert, my empirical
tests have shown that adding a WebDAV server on Android works wonders with
respect to creating a drive letter that Windows' file explorer GUI sees.

Notice "net use drive:" on Windows with an Android WebDAV server results in
a Windows drive letter which works both in file explorers & command lines.
 <https://i.postimg.cc/sxzR0Pg8/webdav01.jpg> WebDav has no sd permission
 <https://i.postimg.cc/X7FS61HD/webdav02.jpg> X-plore has no permission
 <https://i.postimg.cc/BvmRBrbt/webdav03.jpg> File Manager has permission
 <https://i.postimg.cc/3xCsd4HX/webdav04.jpg> My Files has permission 
 <https://i.postimg.cc/Njm6ZXsc/webdav05.jpg> Permissions are the same
 <https://i.postimg.cc/BvJdKWzt/webdav06.jpg> Both sdcards mounted
 <https://i.postimg.cc/cJLK1wt0/webdav07.jpg> Mount the entire filesystem
 <https://i.postimg.cc/qv6HJ7GN/webdav08.jpg> Each sdcard is a drive letter
 <https://i.postimg.cc/D0qMxTMB/webdav09.jpg> FOSS general purpose solution 
 <https://i.postimg.cc/wM4Z45pN/webdav10.jpg> Free Android WebDAV servers
 <https://i.postimg.cc/BQyRxCN9/webdav11.jpg> Mount sdcards read & write
 <https://i.postimg.cc/yYWwgGmy/webdav12.jpg> As Windows drive letters
 <https://i.postimg.cc/QtbR1GY0/webdav13.jpg> Over Wi-Fi on your home LAN
 <https://i.postimg.cc/JhjpnRgh/webdav14.jpg> Mirroring Android on Windows
 <https://i.postimg.cc/gcKXV6F7/webdav16.jpg> A third free WebDAV server

Yet when I use the same command with an SMB server on iOS, there is only a
drive letter in the Windows command line, but none in the file explorers.
 <https://i.postimg.cc/rp6r6Y24/LANDRIVE-01.jpg> Incessant Apple nag screen
 <https://i.postimg.cc/RFd6HS61/LANDRIVE-02.jpg> Two shares by default
 <https://i.postimg.cc/fykLSxhZ/LANDRIVE-03.jpg> Activate the SMB server
 <https://i.postimg.cc/CKPdhvWJ/LANDRIVE-04.jpg> User is Anonymous
 <https://i.postimg.cc/tRV7bNDt/LANDRIVE-05.jpg> iOS is now sharing
 <https://i.postimg.cc/c4RHg1pv/LANDRIVE-06.jpg> net use X: \\iOS\share
 <https://i.postimg.cc/d0xtPhyx/LANDRIVE-07.jpg> Allow iOS DCIM access
 <https://i.postimg.cc/B6F3rMsj/LANDRIVE-08.jpg> Command-line access only
 <https://i.postimg.cc/HsYGzpJc/LANDRIVE-09.jpg> Copy from iOS to WinPC
 <https://i.postimg.cc/pdNq0Z0G/LANDRIVE-10.jpg> Copy from WinPC to iOS

Hence, my empirical observation is Android WebDav servers impart a special
magic to the Windows "net use drive:" command that iOS SMB servers don't.

But why?

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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

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