Directory on another machine - Login credentials

Question

My application needs to access files on a remote machine that requires a username and password for accessing it.

I'm trying to find out if a directory exists (using Directory.Exists) to verify I can make the 'connection.

Is there a way to supply the username and password when working with remote directories? Currently Exists returns false.

Cheers,

full simplified working example here: http://stackoverflow.com/a/17217167 — JJ_Coder4Hire, Jun 20 '13 at 15:30

starskythehutch · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-06T21:49:10.107

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Unfortunately not. You will need to wrap your code using extra code to handle impersonation of a user that does have access.

This article explains how to do it in code further down the page.

edited Jan 06 '16 at 21:49

answered Jun 17 '10 at 10:16

starskythehutch

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This is now a dead link. – Cylindric Jan 06 '16 at 16:36

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 17 '10 at 10:27

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Check out this thread on MSDN Forums.

It has code sample for using impersonation, and also explains a bit about using NetUseAdd in order to gain access if the machines are on different domains or non domains.

answered Jun 17 '10 at 10:27

Mikael Svenson

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 23 '22 at 08:09

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Use the LogonUser api to login as a specific user and get a token and then use that token with WindowsIdentity.Impersonate.

Link with a sample. (do read the whole post to see it's security problems etc though).

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answered Jun 17 '10 at 10:17

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