c＃从其他服务器访问文件

Question

I had a requirement of reading a XML document from the server on which the application is running. I am able to do it by simply accessing a file by passing string url as the parameter.

XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load(fullPath);  //fullPath is a string. for e.x. c:\myfolder\myxml.xml

Now the requirement changes to access the file from a different server so for that I am simply modifying my fullPath as

\\p.o.r.t\c$\myfolder\myxml.xml

But it fails to read the file. Is there some other way to access files placed on a different server.

PS : If I use the same URL and paste it in URL, I am able to access the file.

Answer 1

So I finally figured it out. The folder which I was trying to access wasn't shared for the Authenticated Users . Sharing it solved the problem.

Answer 2

Here is some posts that contains a valid answer:

Access files from network share in c# web app

Asp.net Access To Network Share

and detailed problem explained here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/207671

Good luck