How to access network shared drives through web application ASP.NET C#?

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I have bunch of shared drive paths which I want to access through Web app. I have credentials to access this shared drive paths.

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I have searched through web and tried all possible solution but my web app failed every time !
The possible solution I found was enable identity impersonate but my web app is failing me in that case. I tried accessing it Using UNC API but that is failing too. I have been told that I can access this shared drives as directory service (dont need to use UNC API). Share your thoughts if you have any ! Thank you!

Posted 10-Aug-17 4:28am

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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter 10-Aug-17 12:02pm

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Member 13261744 10-Aug-17 12:44pm

I took a copy of UNCAccessWithCredentials from here

https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/43091/Connect-to-a-UNC-Path-with-Credentials

using (UNCAccessWithCredentials unc = new UNCAccessWithCredentials()) //access network drives through functional id
{

try
{
if (unc.NetUseWithCredentials(sharedrive, functionalID, domainName, functionalPass))
{
string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(sharedrive);
}
}
}

-- It throws error 87 inside NetUseWithCredentials() method

NOTE- As i mentioned may be it is possible to access these shared drives using directory service

marmikb 12-Apr-18 7:57am

Using AD authentication this is quite possible, or you may share that folder with IIS Users.(Note: This options will give access to all the IIS users)

Member 13261744 10-Aug-17 12:46pm

For identity impersonate
I am doing
<identity impersonate="true" userName="username" password="pass">
and it is not able to locate my project when I am enabling identity impersonate
--Gives System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException

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