login details for filestream

[carlblanchard]

Hey All

Im accessing some files on a different server im using system.io and doing a file.copyto to a temp directory on local machines

i get a login error at line

Dim fs As FileStream = f1.Create

error is

Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.IO.IOException: Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password.

I could always just add my login to the other machine however i would perfer to do this via code as the calling user is currently using the asp.net login

kind regards

Carl

[CyberHawke]

Perhaps some others will be able to explain this more elegantly than I but, your issue revolves around .NET security. Your app does not have permission to access the local hard drive on the machines due to the local security policy implemented on the client machines.

I suggest you delve deeply into .NET security to get this one resolved.

Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.

[plenderj]

Originally posted by CyberHawke
Perhaps some others will be able to explain this more elegantly than I but, your issue revolves around .NET security. Your app does not have permission to access the local hard drive on the machines due to the local security policy implemented on the client machines.

I suggest you delve deeply into .NET security to get this one resolved.

Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.

It sounds more like a simple windows sharing/security issue.
Carl - look up information on the Net APIs for WindowsNT based systems.
Basically, its the API way of using the net use command.

Try this from your machine before you use your application :
net use \\servername\folder /user:domain_name\user_name password

e.g.

net use \\nt2\shared /user:mydomain\jamie vbf2004

[carlblanchard]

thanks plenderj

but i dont see how that will work....

Dim f1 As FileInfo = New FileInfo("\\server\share\filename.txt")
Dim f2 As FileInfo = New FileInfo("\\server\temp")

Dim fs As FileStream = f1.Create
fs.Close()

f1.CopyTo(f2, True)

[carlblanchard]

any one else got any comments on this ?

[carlblanchard]

bump

[plenderj]

Its a windows authentication problem. You need to authenticate with the server before you create your file.

[carlblanchard]

JOB DONE,

virtual directory of main site mapped to the file server.

Nice Job