如何使用WCF Web服务将文件从网络路径复制到本地位置？

Question

My webservice is attempting to do a file copy from a network path (\\myserver\\data\\file.dat) to a local location (C:\\temp\\file.dat).

File.Copy(NetworkPath, LocalPath, true);

However I am getting the following exception when I test my code using WCF Test Client.

Access to the path '\\myserver\\data\\file.dat' is denied.

How to resolve this error?

Answer 1

If you're using IIS, you need to make sure that the user which is set up for the application pool that your WCF service is using has proper access rights to the folder (write access in this case).

You may need to replace the default user with another one that you should create for that purpose as the default user has limited access to file system.