Hi -
I have an ASP.NET website on a Windows 2003 Server, that needs to access files from a network share. The network share is password protected and needs a username and password to be provided.
I use forms based authentication on the website and not windows based.
So my problem is, when I try to read any file from the networkshare using the code below, it throws access denied DirectoryInfo networkShare = new DirectoryInfo("\\TestServer\Share");
So I tried using Impersonate by providing the username and password of the network share to the impersonate function call, however the call obviously fails since that username does not exists on the ASP.NET webserver. So then I passed the username and password of a login that does exist on the webserver, so this time the impersonate call works however it still can not access the network share 'cuz the network share username and password are different.
So finally, I created the exact same username/password on the webserver which matches the network share. This time impersonate function call works and so does network share. I'm able to successfully read from the share.
So my question is, is there a way I can read the network share without adding the username in the webserver. 'Cuz everytime the network share login changes, I'll have to again make a new username in the webserver too. Which is not ideal.
Any ideas?