Right now I have a loopback adapter set to the ip of 10.0.0.1 installed on laptop1(windows 7). On desktop1(windows 7) I have an SSH server running through cygwin. The remote account available on this machine is named "ssh" and the share available is "desktop.share". On laptop1 I have Putty forwarding setup as follows(10.206.4.107 is desktop1's LAN ip address): L10.0.0.1:139 10.206.4.107:139 Now, I open cmd.exe with administrator privileges and run the following command net use * \\10.0.0.1\desktop.share /user:"10.0.0.1\ssh" "sshpassword" to which I consistently receive the response "The network path was not found." Now my question is where am I going wrong? It seems to me that this should be enough to link my desktop and laptop and create a network drive. What steps must I take to create this connection?

Hi, Check the advanced sharing permission on the shared folder. Please give full permission to the folder. Steps to follow: 1. Right click on the Folder select Properties 2. Select Security tab 3. Choose Edit button(if prompted to click continue, please click on continue) 4. Select Add type in ‘Everyone’ (without quotes) 5. Click on Check names 6. Click Ok 7. Under Group or user name select Everyone 8. Under Permissions for system check Allow full control. If the issue persists, please also try the following and see if it works: Adjust the security setting on the Windows 7 computer: ===================================== 1. Click the Start Button, type "gpedit.msc" (without quotation marks) and click OK. 2. In the "Group Policy" window, double click on "Windows Settings" under "Computer Configuration". 3. Double click on "Security Settings"-> "Local Policies"-> "Security Options" 4. In the right panel, double click on the "Network Security: LAN Manager authentication level", please select "Send LM & NTLM Responses". 5. Click Apply and OK. Adjust sharing settings: =============== 1. Go to “Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Network and Sharing Center\Advanced sharing settings”. 2. Under “File sharing connections”, select “Enable File Sharing for Devices that Use 40 or 56-bit encryption”. 3. Under “Password protected sharing”, select “Turn off password protected sharing”. You may refer to the following links for more information: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Share-files-with-someone Quickly Map a Network Drive in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 How-To Map a Network Drive using Windows 7, Vista or Windows Server 2008 Please Note: Since the website is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information. Regards, Sabrina Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.