NetUseAdd mystery

[Larry Bates]

king kikapu wrote:
> Is anyone see any error in the following code:
> 
>         mapDrive = "\\\\MyServer\\C$"
>         data = {'remote' : mapDrive, 'local' : 'M:', 'password' :
> 'mypassword', 'user' : 'Administrator', 'asg_type' : 0}
>         win32net.NetUseAdd(None, 1, data)
> 
> It gives me "pywintypes.error: (1326, 'NetUseAdd', 'Logon failure:
> unknown user name or bad password.')" and i cannot figured out why...I
> searched the forum about the syntax of NetUseAdd command and i think
> that the syntax is correct and also are the data that i pass to it.
> (the same data can give me a connection if i use "net use ..." from a
> command line"
> 
> So, what am i doing the wrong way (and keeps me on this the last 2
> hours??...)
> 
> 
> Thanks for a any enlightenment...
> 

I think your problem is that C$ is a "special" share.  Try creating
a share and connect to it instead.  It is either that your your userid/
password are in fact incorrect.

-Larry