I want to map a shared folder on the network using the Net Use Command eg : \\server\users\testuser but I don't want this folder to be availible to everybody, so I want to authenticate through the Net Use command, But since I am talking about a workgroup(or different workgroups) and not a domain, the normal syntax of net use command does not work to send the username and password, does anybody know a way to perform this in a no-domain environment?

There should be no reason you cannot use the net use command they way you want in a workgroup. net use devicename \\server\share /user:username password Search Engines Are Your Friends Morpheus: There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path. "The Matrix"

well , I am sure if it is directly possible, but i am now trying to make usernames with the same name , but there is another problem, net use z: ..... , returns command completed successfully , but there is no mapped drive?????