Need help with command

[forlanim]

Hi all, i've started yesterday with shell (i think it's great) and excuse if i'm missing something.
I need help adding an item to map (and/or delete) a network drive using "net use".
Correct syntax for net use:
net use drive_letter network_path -p a s s w o r d- /user:domain\username
and to delete:
net use /delete

What i've already tried:

item(title='Map Z:' cmd-line=if(input('Admin password', 'Enter password') and input.result().len()>8, 'net use z: \\\\MACHINENAME\\c$ ' + input.result + ' /user:DOMAIN\\USERNAME', msg('No password!', 'Error', msg.warning)) )

Using a bat file:
item(title='Map Z:' cmd-line=if(input('Admin password', 'Enter password') and input.result().len()>8, 'c:\tmp\batfile.bat ' + input.result, msg('No password!', 'Error', msg.warning)) )

the bat file (working if called from a terminal!):
net use z: \\MACHINENAME\c$ %1 /user:DOMAIN\USERNAME

The item for delete mapped drive doesn't need parameters:
item(title='Unmap Z:' cmd='net use' args='z: /delete' )
nor:
item(title='Unmap Z:' cmd='net use z: /delete' )

Thanks in advance

[forlanim]

After a lot of trying i found the solution using bat file:
item(title='Map Z:' cmd-line=if(input('Admin password', 'Enter password') and input.result().len()>8, '/c c:\\tmp\\batfile.bat '+input.result, msg('No password!', 'Error', msg.warning)) )

and unmap:
item(title='Unmap Z:' cmd-line='/c net use z: /delete' )

But i'd like to not use the bat file, so please if anyone has an advice...
Thanks

[RubicBG]

use /c or /k

item(title='Map Z:' cmd-line=if(input('Admin password', 'Enter password') and input.result().len()>8, '/c net use z: \\\\MACHINENAME\\c$ @input.result /user:DOMAIN\\USERNAME', msg('No password!', 'Error', msg.warning)) )```

[forlanim]

Thanks i've already tried using /c (like in unmap) and it didn't worked; tested again doing copy/paste from your answer (to avoid writing mistakes) and it doesn't work, neither using /k

It's not a big problem, but without the bat file it's more portable!

P.S.
Can add an option to input so we can have a password input box with masked chars?

[RubicBG]

• try something simple to see what happens:

cmd-line='/k net use z: \\MACHINENAME\\c$ 123456789 /user:DOMAIN\\USERNAME & pause & exit'

maybe the problem is with \\\\

• input box with masked chars not possible with NS at the moment. The only options is with powershell (using System.Windows.Forms.Form) but the code will be "huge".

• check input.result() with regex to prevent unwanted chars like letters

[forlanim]

Great thanks, using pause and exit i finally found what was the problem as in your answer: escape sequence for backslash.
You need to remove the escape sequence heare also /user:DOMAIN\USERNAME not only in path.
(I'm using /c not /k)

Thanks again!

Thanks also for the information about masked chars, it's not a big problem.