It's a small laboratory network that connects to another network via an FTP server.
FTP server is managed by the other network.
This lab network is basically 2 clients and one server with several other IP devices connected.
This lab server has Active Directory installed on it.
We have an account on each network. The names of these acct's are the same for each network, and they have the same password.
Password does have a % sign and a $ sign in it.
Trying to map drive at startup on the lab server to point to the FTP server.
Lab server is logged in with local admin acct.
Command I'm using to map drive: net use j: \x.x.x.x\LabTransfer /user:\username "password"
This command will work when typed in a command prompt; BUT fails to run when ran in a .bat file or .cmd file
Error message: "System error 86 has occured. The specified password is not correct.
Why would the net use command work at a command prompt and not in the .bat file?
1 Answer
The percent sign (
%) is a special case. On the command line, it does not need quoting or escaping unless two of them are used to indicate a variable, such as%OS%. But in a batch file, you have to use a double percent sign (%%) to yield a single percent sign (%). Enclosing the percent sign in quotation marks or preceding it with caret does not work.[…]
echo The ratio was 47%
- If run from a batch, the percent sign is ignored.
echo The ratio was 47%%
- If run from a batch, the percent sign is output once.
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