+5  A: 

In cygwin's bash, you need to escape any of those forwardback slashes, as those are interpreted as escape characters.

try this

net use /user:"Someone" \\\\server\\share

or use single quotes, which will pass the argument unchanged

net use /user:"Someone" '\\server\share'

karoberts  2010-02-10 17:33:27
Minor correction: Need to escape backslashes. \ backslash, / forward slash.
shoover  2010-02-10 17:42:50
@shoover I always forget which is which, thanks for the correction
karoberts  2010-02-10 18:07:33

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