Connecting to windows network drive from macos via python

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I want to access new drive of windows ex. 10.11.123.145 with username chaitanya and password 123@abc via python to copy some content from new drive to my macos desktop. How can I do this?

mount_smbfs "//chaitanya:123@[email protected]/folder_name" is not working. It gives nothing output.

I tried doing "open //chaitanya:123@abc@server/10.10.93.167" but then it is trying to open //167 and giving error. Thanks in advance for the help.

Does the command you show work in Terminal? I would recommend showing how you are attempting to use it within Python. — l'L'l
– l'L'l, Commented Jun 13, 2019 at 6:48
I am initially trying to do it in cmd. It is not working in cmd as well. After it works on cmd I will use os.system(command) in python. — Chaitanya
– Chaitanya, Commented Jun 13, 2019 at 6:55
No, I am trying on mac os. When I try "open//chaitanya:123@abc@server/10.10.93.167" or "open //chaitanya:123@[email protected]", it is giving this error that it is trying to connect smb://167 and please check IP address. — Chaitanya
– Chaitanya, Commented Jun 13, 2019 at 7:00
By the way, there is no CMD on a Mac, you likely mean Terminal. — Mark Setchell
– Mark Setchell, Commented Jun 13, 2019 at 7:10

l'L'l · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-13 07:18:54Z

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I believe the @ in your password is where things go wrong, so you'll probably want to encode it.

mount_smbfs //chaitanya:123%[email protected]/folder_name /existing_dir

Using %40 instead of @ in your password should let the command know where the real @ is.

You could probably also do:

mount_smbfs //chaitanya:123\@[email protected]/folder_name /existing_dir

Which escapes the @ in your password.

answered Jun 13, 2019 at 7:18

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Chaitanya Over a year ago

Thanks for solution. But it is giving error 'no route to host' whereas i can connect to server via "Connect to server" option.

l'L'l Over a year ago

@Chaitanya: Is the Windows machine part of a domain or workgroup?

Chaitanya Over a year ago

Yes. ch.lan is domain name. I tried using it as //ch.lan;.. but still getting same error.

l'L'l Over a year ago

@Chaitanya: Try doing mount_smbfs //'ch.lan;chaitanya:123\@abc'@10.11.123.145/folder_name /existing_dir - you might not need to escape the @ in this case because of the quotes around the domain;username:password.

Chaitanya Over a year ago

I tried this but I am getting the error "Server connection failed: Unknown error -1". I don't know if this will help but I am trying to access from mac vm.

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