How do i map network drive with User Credentials

Question

I would like to know how do i map a network drive with user Credentials and is it possible to map network drive with local system account ??

Answer 1

Local System uses the machine account in an Active Directory domain so provided the DOMAIN\COMPUTER$ account is granted access to the share it will be able to mount and access the share

See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc170953.aspx for further details

Answer 2

you could create a bat file that uses the runas command: C:\WINDOWS\system32\runas.exe /user:domainorsystemname\username "mapdrive.cmd"

within the mapdrive.cmd you can use the standard "net use drive: \networkpath\"

this will prompt you for a password then run the mapdrive command