New-PSDrive as "anonymous" for remote share that has enabled "Network access: Let Eve-CodePudding

How does one connect anonymously to an SMB share in powershell using New-PSDrive?

I've tried omitting the -Credential param but this seems to use the currently logged in user. This works when I test using a domain account, however the problem is for normal operation the currently logged in user is a local kiosk user for assigned access that the domain file server does not recognize.

I've also tried using the following, however it prompts for user input. As this is run as a scheduled task for background operation - this is unacceptable.

$Credentials = Get-Credential -UserName 'NTAUTHORITY\Anonymous Logon'
New-PSDrive -ErrorAction Stop -PSProvider "FileSystem" -Root "$RemoteFolder" -Name "$RemoteDriveLetter" -Credential $Credentials -Persist -Scope Global | Out-Null

I have enabled the local security policy option on the file server for "Network access: Let Everyone permissions apply to anonymous users".

How do I utilize the "anonymous" user connection with New-PSDrive?

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I've also tried this

$Credentials = [pscredential]::Empty
New-PSDrive -ErrorAction Stop -PSProvider "FileSystem" -Root "$RemoteFolder" -Name "$RemoteDriveLetter" -Credential $Credentials -Persist -Scope Global | Out-Null

However, the output is:

>> TerminatingError(New-PSDrive): "The running command stopped because the preference variable "ErrorActionPreference" or common parameter is set to Stop: The specified network password is not correct"
The running command stopped because the preference variable "ErrorActionPreference" or common parameter is set to Stop: The specified network password is not correct

CodePudding user response：

Anonymous mounts use an 'empty' user and password for the credential block so you can do the same.
This works for me and allows file creation on the share:

$User = " " # Create 'empty' username
$PWord = ConvertTo-SecureString -String " " -AsPlainText -Force
$Credentials = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $User, $PWord
New-PSDrive -PSProvider "FileSystem" -Root "$RemoteFolder" -Name "$RemoteDriveLetter" -Credential $Credentials -Persist -Scope Global | Out-Null