Read Remote File with Access Permissions

Question

I am trying to read a file on a network server (from a Windows XP machine), which I would normally access by asking for \\\\ServerName\\dirPath\\ in the run dia

Answer 1

Impersonation using the win32 modules might work for you. See this ActiveState Recipe

I have used the Technet Runas command line tool manually before. In a pinch you could use that with a subprocess call to copy the file to a local temp file.