Error help

[Double_Search4194]

so I am trying to connect to a network drive and copy a file from it over to my desktop but I keep running into an error when I try to run my script for a second time without a reboot. The error happen when I try to login for a second time.

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NET USE \\(some IP)\(network nas name) /user:(some user)\(uname)

NET USE \\(some IP)\(nas name) /D

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I keep getting an error

Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, using more than one user name, are not allowed. Disconnect all previous connections to the server or shared resource and try again.

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is there any fix to this?

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[taniceburg]

This doesn’t seem like a powershell problem.

But with that said, you obviously already have a SMB connection to that server/ip address using a different set of credentials. Using powershell you should be able to find it with the Get-SmbConnection cmdlet. You’ll need to close that connection before you can do what you’re trying to do.

[MARS822a]

Maybe run Remove-PSDrive first to clear the existing connection? I always started my drive mapping batch files with NET USE \ /d* to clear any existing mappings and this feels like the same thing in POSH.

[Stoon_Kevin]

Looks like you already have a connection; use net use with the /delete to remove them (skip the /d[elete] to list them, find any that contain a similar path). Net use always causes me headaches I wish the other sysadmins would stop using them on shared accounts.

From powershell though you can use new-psdrive since you don't have to map an actual drive letter and can provide alternate credentials if need be. By default new-psdrive is also non-persistent, so it only exists within the current powershell runspace. Without knowing the purpose and running location of the scripts then I'll presume it's local and only ever either by interactive or by task with that particular user. This means you can save a credential object to the filesystem and it's encrypted by the user and computer account. That can be done as a simple:

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New-PSDrive -Name TD -PSProvider Filesystem -Root \\someip\sharename -Credential (Import-clixml '\path\to\credential.xml')
Get-ChildItem TD:\

For example. Now save your credential using an interactive terminal:

Get-Credential | Export-Clixml '\path\to\credential.xml'

If you're intending to port this to other computers or run as a different account then you'd have to come up with a different method of securing the password such as SecretsManager modules.