Hi Everyone,

This question may have already been asked before, but I can't seem to find
any answers to it:

In C# I know it is possible to access files using UNC path names, but how do
I access a share on a computer with a different user name and password?

In windows explorer when you try and access a share and you don't have the
correct credentials to access the target computer you get a box for an
username and password.

Is it possible to get this box, or programatically provide the user name and
password to use to access files on a remote computer using C# rather than
getting the "Access Denied" exception? I need to be able to do this without
changing any security settings on the calling or target machines.

I hope anyone can help with this, and I thank you in advance.
Paul

You can use impersonation to run the thread under a certain user's context.
Look at the documentation for WindowsIdentity class. There is an example
that shows imperosnation. Or you can take a look at the following article
that explains it.

http://www.netomatix.com/ImpersonateUser.aspx

Naveen K Kohli
http://www.netomatix.com


"Paul van't Klooster" <paul.vantklooster (AT) nz (DOT) unisys.com> wrote