How can I connect to a server using different user accounts?

John Savill

March 4, 1999

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A. It is possible to specify a user account to use when connecting to a share using the /user switch, e.g.

C:> net use k: \servershare /user:domainuser

If you then attempt to connect to the server again with a different username an error will be given. A workaround is to connect to the server using its IP address rather than its NetBIOS name, e.g.

C:> net use l: \share /user:domainuser

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