Setting Attribute of a file in network.

Question

I want to set attribute of a file in network to ReadOnly.

File.SetAttributes(@"\\data\ntshare\tmp\Trades_LastFileUploaded.csv", FileAttributes.ReadOnly);

It goes fine, but after this when i check my file over network it still appears to be !readOnly. Also, when i try to manually (using file properties) set the ReadOnly flag. It goes fine, but when i open the properties it again becomes !readonly.

Could it be some network permission rule? I am able to create and delete files from the same directory, why would it restrict me to set file properties?

Any help?

Answer 1

Yes, sounds like your user account does not have Write Attributes right to the file in question.