Access files from network share in c# web app

Question

I have a web application that needs to read (and possibly write) files from a network share. I was wondering what the best way to do this would be?

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Answer 1

I've had no problems connecting to network shares transparently as if they were local drives. The only issue you may have is what you mentioned: having the aspnet account gain access to the share. Impersonation is probably the best way to do this.

You should be able to use any filestream objects to access the network share as long as it has a drive letter on the server machine.