Question

I have a MSBuild build/deployment script that, as part of it’s routine, stops and starts a couple of Windows Services from the CI server on the deployment server.

One of the commands in the script is

net.exe use \\<ip adddress of deployment computer> /user:<ip address of deployment server>\<user> <password>

As you can see, the CI server calls net on the deployment server and tells it to use a user that exists on the deployment server.

The problem is that this results in all further calls to return access denied errors.

What is the solution to this? Must I use a domain account?

Answer 1

you can use the net use command and specify login credentials to the remote server:

net use \\TheServer\ShareName /user:DomainName\User password

or

net use \\TheServer\ShareName /user:TheServer\User password

in this case the user you specify is a user defined locally on TheServer

after you finish do a net use /delete to close the connection

net use \\TheServer\ShareName /delete

you don’t have to use a domain user as long as you specify credentials that the remote server can accept

if you can’t use a server name you should be able to use an IP instead. if it doesn’t work, try mapping the server name to an IP in the hosts file (c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts)
and use the name in the net use command.

Anoher thing you should check is that it is allowed to access the file shares with non-guest accounts. look here (you do this on the server you are trying to access)