Hi All,
How can I read a text file resides in a remote machine? There is no share exists in that machine and I am not allowed to create any share or file in the remote machine. Also I am not allowed to run any client program in the remote machine. My program is a ASP.net in C# residing in a IIS webserver. For linux machine we used ssh connections and file reads are easy. Is there something by default available in windows similiar to it ?
Thanks, Sreejith
You could try accessing the Admin share of the machine. Windows by default created a share for all disks (named C$, D$ etc). But in that case the application you write should be running with the credentials of a user with rights to that share ((local) administrators have sufficient rights to do that).
If that doesn't work you need to create a share or install software to get files from that machine (like FTP). This is all because of security, it's a good thing you are not able to just read a file from any machine...
The first question to ask is if there's a good business reason to read that file. If yes, the IT people will have to allow you a reasonable solution to the problem.
I have frequently used SFTP (secure FTP) for this kind of problem. Unfortunately SFTP is not part of Windows, but there are free and low-cost SFTP servers available. Here's a list from Wikipedia
Explain to IT why you need access to that file and discuss options including SFTP. If you have a valid business reason for this and they will "not let you because of policy", it's the job of your project manager or boss to clear out that roadblock. Ask them to help.
Finally, consider whether it's practical for the file on the remote machine to be pushed to you instead of you pulling it. If you can setup a file share on your PC, ask them to setup a job on the remote server that copies the file to your file share every time it is changed.
I have done this many time with the Remote File port 34 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_TCP_and_UDP_port_numbers