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AVL - 28 Jun 2007 13:08 GMT

hi,
i've used Directory.GetFiles(path, "*.*", SearchOption.AllDirectories)
method to
return the files in a given path....

but i've a small concern here...whenever I give path like "d:\", i'm getting
an unauthorizedaccess exception...this is because i'm not able to read certain
directories like 'system volume information'...etc..

is any other alternative? how can i get the file list for a given path?

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Roland Dick - 29 Jun 2007 05:00 GMT

AVL schrieb:

> hi,
> i've used Directory.GetFiles(path, "*.*", SearchOption.AllDirectories)

> but i've a small concern here...whenever I give path like "d:\", i'm getting
> an unauthorizedaccess exception...this is because i'm not able to read certain

Hi AVL,
you can use GetFiles IMHO, but you have to keep in mind that whichever
account the webapplication runs under must have reading permission on
the path. If you have set up your webapplication to use the anonymous
account (most likely the local "IUSR_<MachineName>" account) then you
must add that account with reading permissions to the ACL of drive d:.
By default, that account only has permissions on the wwwroot directory
of IIS (AFAIK, and not considering GAC etc.).

If you're working on an intranet site, maybe windows integrated
authentication would be an option?

Hope this helps,

Cheers,

Roland

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