Security: Shared Drive and EXE

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Eric - 16 Dec 2004 00:11 GMT

Hi,

I have an WinForms-Exe which will be started from a Shared Network-Drive.
Without configuration I get a security exception (FileIO-Permission).

Which is the best way to give this EXE or drive the same rights as an EXE in
'Local Computer' zone?

- Sign the EXE and use the 'Trust assembly' wizard?
- Or add the drive to another zone?

Or are there other possibilites?

Thanks
Eric

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Anders Nor?s [MCAD] - 16 Dec 2004 05:49 GMT

> I have an WinForms-Exe which will be started from a Shared Network-Drive.
> Without configuration I get a security exception (FileIO-Permission).

This is because Code Access Security (CAS) gives the network drive intranet
premissions.

> Which is the best way to give this EXE or drive the same rights as an EXE
> in
> 'Local Computer' zone?

The best way to do this is to add a new code group with an URL membership
permission and gratn this group full trust. This can be done with the .NET
Configuration Tool or with the caspol command:

caspol -machine -addgroup 1 -url file://o:/* FullTrust -name "My network
drive (o)"

Anders Nor?s
http://dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/anoras/

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