copy files from network via windows service

Question

I have batch files, its copy some files from network to local disk. When try to run it from a windows service I get an error like "Access Denied".

I already try run windows service as LocalSystem , LocalService and NetworkService. All these types get same error.

Have any idea ?

Thanks

Answer 1

NetworkService is the only one that is going to include network credentials here, and that will be the local machine's identity. Does the machine account have access to the share? If this isn't correct, you'll need to run the service as a dedicated, specific user account.

Answer 2

What version of windows is this ? And have you checked the effective ACL settings of the shared files/folders ?

Try changing the ACL on the shared resource to allow everyone access...

If that works you need to give DOMAIN\networkservice the correct permissions. In this case both machines would need to be in the correct domain.