How to open protected Windows share using Python?

Question

How do I open Windows share with credentials using Python on a Windows machine?

I'm currently doing this:

share = open(r'share@username:password','r')

check this out for some info. [link](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5593198/python-how-to-open-windows-share-using-user-name-and-password) — NineTail, Apr 11 '17 at 16:37

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 14 '17 at 12:42

i used

subprocess.call(r'net use z: \windows_server\share /user:@username password', shell=True) to mount the share and

subprocess.call(r'net use z: /delete')

to delete it.This is the most hassle free and efficient way. Thanks everyone for the help!!

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