Hi Everyone,
After installing the latest Windows updates, I'm facing an issue when I try to mount a network drive on a remote machine using theInvoke-Command cmdlet.
My requirement is to run the mount command from Python, so I'm launching a PS script which takes the remote machine's credentials, and execute the command using Invoke-Command.
Tried executing the commands directly from PS Console:
>>> $cred = Get-Credential administrator
>>>
>>> Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock {net use} -ComputerName xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -Credential $cred
New connections will be remembered.
There are no entries in the list.
>>>
>>> Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock {net use X: \\SHARE /user:domain\username password /persistent:YES /y} -ComputerName xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -Credential $cred
The command completed successfully.
>>>
>>> Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock {net use} -ComputerName xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -Credential $cred
New connections will be remembered.
Status Local Remote Network
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Unavailable X: \\SHARE Microsoft Windows Network
The command completed successfully.
>>>
The share is only accessible inside the ScriptBlock, but not after, or within the PSSession, if I use Enter-PSSession.
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PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock {gdr; net use X: \\SHARE /user:domain\username password /persistent:YES /y; net use; gdr} -ComputerName xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -Credential $cred -HideComputerNameName Used (GB) Free (GB) Provider Root CurrentLocation
---- --------- --------- -------- ---- ---------------
A A:\
Alias
C 54.37 95.28 C:\ Users\Administrator\Documents
Cert \
D D:\
E 119.87 30.13 E:\
Env
Function
HKCU HKEY_CURRENT_USER
HKLM HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Variable
WSMan
The command completed successfully.
New connections will be remembered.
Status Local Remote Network
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OK X: \\SHARE Microsoft Windows Network
The command completed successfully.
A A:\
Alias
C 54.37 95.28 C:\ Users\Administrator\Documents
Cert \
D D:\
E 119.87 30.13 E:\
Env
Function
HKCU HKEY_CURRENT_USER
HKLM HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Variable
WSMan
X 152.07 323.13 X:\
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>
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Same happens even if I use CredSSP, which shouldn't even matter here as per my opinion, because I'm already passing the credentials to the net use command.
I got the same results with New-PSDrive cmdlet as well as with PsExec.
It only worked with if I passed the -s flag, i.e., as SYSTEM account to PsExec.
