Re: ASP.NET and directory security

Q,

I want to clarify your situation.

1. You have setup the DBF files on machine creating a shared directory and
giving the MACHINE\ASPNET user access to that directory?

2. You are experiencing errors while trying to access that share from an
ASP.NET application hosted on a different machine?

3. Are you using a mapped drive (i.e. G:\someshare) or a UNC share (i.e.
\\servername\shomeshare) to access the DBF files?

One possible solution would be to use a UNC share and take advantage of
impersonation (make sure the username and password are the same on machine A
and B).

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vsent7/html/vxconImpersonation.asp

Your answers to the questions should help shed more light on your situation.

Thanks,

Todd Casey

"quintesv via DotNetMonster.com" <u26933@uwe> wrote in message
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Hi all,

I come from a win forms background, and am building a web site that needs
to
interface to a FOXPRO database (DBF files). My problem is as follows:

I have created a virtual directory on the same machine as where the DBF
files
are located. I have created a share for the DBF files, and I've given the
<SERVER>\ASPNET account access to this folder where they are residing.

My code to connect to the folder where the DBF files are located is
basically
as follows:
1. Connect to a DLL which authenticates our users according to <USERNAME>,
<PASSWORD> and <DIRECTORY> where the DBF files are.
2. IF the connect is successful, continue processing any queries through
Visual FoxPro OLEDB PRovider 8.0 to the data.

This works fine if I am testing on the machine locally, i.e the web
project
is opened on the machine - in this case my development machine - and it
connects to the Foxpro Database folder - also on my development machine -
successfully.

If I try to connect to that same database and project from another machine
I
get security warning, " the specified file does not exist" . I use
System.IO.
File.Exists to see if I can access one of the files in the folder
specified,
but get access denied.

What do I need to setup in terms of permissions to access a FOLDER on
another
machine via asp.net, or what do I need to do?

Thanks in advance
Q

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