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EvanGWatkins
EvanGWatkins

Reputation: 1457

C# Copying a file from one server to another with permissions

I have written a C# console app that will copy a backup from one server to another on a schedule every day. This works perfectly if I have logged into the share folder and my credentials are chached, however if my credentials have not been input on the share of the source server, I get an error in my code. What I need to do is have my app impersonate a login to my shared folder of the source, so I can grab the file and move it to its destination.

public static void CopyNewestBackup()
        {

        string sourcePath = @"\\source";
        string targetPath = @"\\destination";

        FileInfo newestFile = GetNewestFile();
        string sourceFile = Path.Combine(sourcePath, newestFile.Name);
        string destFile = Path.Combine(targetPath, newestFile.Name);
        Console.Write("Copying " + newestFile.Name + " from " + sourcePath + " to " + destFile);

        FileSystem.CopyFile(sourceFile, destFile, UIOption.AllDialogs);
        //File.Copy(sourceFile, destFile, true);
    }

How can I impersonate a login to the server to grab the file?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 8790

Answers (1)

VoonArt
VoonArt

Reputation: 904

This MSDN article gives a good view on impersonation: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/chf6fbt4.aspx

Upvotes: 1

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