Re: accessing mapped drives in ASP.NET application

From: Raterus (raterus_at_spam.org)
Date: 07/27/04 

Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 12:26:41 -0400

Novell Netware file server..you got me on this one as I haven't seen anyone accessing these from asp.net applications. (That is not to say it can't be done)

My first suggestion would be to move this to a windows file server, but I realize that this probably can't be done easily..

I'm not sure how to use UNC paths with novell networks, if they are even supported.
Sorry I could not be more of a help...

"Farooq Khan" <farooq@softechww.com> wrote in message news:O65SHF$cEHA.2384@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> well Raterus....it goes like this...its an intranet application actually and
> i have got a Novell Netware file server running that holds some files this
> application is after. this application uses a component that is supposed to
> access those files. what i have done is that i have mapped the drive from
> Netware Server that i thought my application would be able to use. but seems
> like this isnt going to happen that easily. for testing purpose i tried
> accessing Windows mapped folder but failed there as well. as far as
> authentication mode is concerned, i'm using the default settings. by the wat
> how can i use UNC?? how am i gonna tell my application what user/pwd to use
> while accessing the folder??? is it to be configured in IIS??
> PLEASE HELP ME.
> thanks
> Farooq Khan
>
>
> "Raterus" <raterus@spam.org> wrote in message
> news:esH9nr%23cEHA.2752@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Well you are in the right place, though this can be a pain, so be prepared.
>
> First, I wouldn't access "mapped" drives, like N:\, but shares,
> "\\servername\share", those are UNC paths, and much more compatible than
> using drive names, since the account that is accessing them doesn't need to
> have them mapped.
>
> As for actually having permissions to access them, that really depends on
> how you have set up the security in your application, can you explain what
> you are after?
>
>
> "Farooq Khan" <farooq@softechww.com> wrote in message
> news:%23yLSvS9cEHA.1384@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > hi,
> > is there any way i can access mapped drive through ASP.NET application?? i
> > have tried doing that the standard way but didnt work, used the same code
> > in
> > win32 application and it worked fine though.
> > thanks
> > Farooq Khan
> >
> >
>
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