Net use causes system error 5.

Question

_{Wednesday, September 12, 2018 3:21 PM}

I'm running from a command window opened with admin privileges.

I'm trying to create a mapped drive of f: from pc1 a windows 10 pc to another win 10 pc2 on the same network sub-net in a peer to peer network with no domain controller.

net use N:  \pc1\f$  /user:pc1\user1 password /persistent:yes

Causes "System Error 5 occurred" message.

The F drive in pc1 has advanced networking enabled with everyone full access on PC1. 

The pc1 user1 is an administrator on pc1.

Any ideas?

thanks

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_{Wednesday, September 12, 2018 3:49 PM ✅Answered}

Hi,

Do you have a firewall enabled? Check whether it's blocking the connection, you can test by just pinging the computers.

Try sharing the drive and give "Everyone" Full Control and try using IP addresses instead of hostname

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_{Wednesday, September 12, 2018 4:46 PM}

I'm running from a command window opened with admin privileges.

I'm trying to create a mapped drive of f: from pc1 a windows 10 pc to another win 10 pc2 on the same network sub-net in a peer to peer network with no domain controller.

net use N:  \pc1\f$  /user:pc1\user1 password /persistent:yes

Causes "System Error 5 occurred" message.

The F drive in pc1 has advanced networking enabled with everyone full access on PC1. 

The pc1 user1 is an administrator on pc1.

Which version of Windows 10 are you running on each PC?  Do you use DHCP or static IP?  Have you tried using the IP address instead of PC Name?

_{Thursday, September 13, 2018 8:22 AM}

It is Windows 10 Pro with latest updates.

Each PC can ping each other. I have a rule set in each's bitdefender firewall to all allow any app/protocol between the two static IPs.

If I use an incorrect password, it comes back with error 1326 password incorrect. So presumably it is getting through to PC1 to check the credentials.

The sharing on drive F of PC1 includes everyone. Also tried with no /U switch. This then requests the username and password, which I found interesting as the drive is shared with "Everyone".

I have tried using the fixed IP address of PC1 but still error 5.

_{Thursday, September 13, 2018 9:24 AM}

Hi,

Check if you can access the shared folder from within the GUI, i.e. by typing the UNC path (\) followed by the shared folder name in the Run command box.

Check the option Network discovery and File and printer sharing are related to the firewall settings.

Disable UAC.

When you give the full control permission, go to the Security tab and click Advanced. Check the box at the bottom of this window. It is labeled "Replace all child object permissions with inheritable permissions from this object" and then click Ok.

Hope it could be helpful.

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_{Thursday, September 13, 2018 9:52 AM}

I can access from PC1 using the UNC path.

I tried giving full control to Everyone.

Net use refused still to work with the same error 5. However, the PCs have since shown up in the Network folder. Expanding I can see the shared drives and from here I right clicked and Map Network Drive option. It worked.

I didnt fix the net use but I got around it for now. I think I initially had no network view as bitdefender was blocking the private network on two of the three PCs.