Create directory and write files to a remote, password protected computer - python-2.7

Question

What I would like to do is be able to gain access to a computer over the network so I can create a new directory there that I will then save multiple files to throughout the rest of the script.
I have a script that creates a bunch of files that I need to save. The problem is that this script may be ran off any number of computers, but needs to save to the same computer. If I manually remote connect to the computer it prompts me for a username and password, but I am trying to just create a directory there. My code is below, along with the response I get.
if not os.path.exists(self.dirIn):
tryPath = self.dirIn.split("/")[0:-1]
tryPath = '/'.join(tryPath)
if not os.path.exists(tryPath):
os.mkdir(tryPath)
os.mkdir(str(self.dirIn))
else:
os.mkdir(str(self.dirIn))
WindowsError: [Error 1326] The user name or password is incorrect: '//computer/e$/directory/I/am/creating'
I am using Windows, Python27

Answer 1

I was able to just map the drive to my computer using subprocess, do what I needed, and then unmap the drive (optional)
subprocess.Popen("net use E: \\\\computername\\E$ %s /USER:%s" % (password, username))
time.sleep(1) # Short delay to allow E: drive to map before continuing
if not os.path.exists(self.dirIn):
os.makedirs(self.dirIn)
subprocess.Popen("net use E: /delete")
I did run into problems without the sleep, my program wouldn't find the directory without it.