\\server\file.ext does not like objFSO.FileExists()

[Bob]

When a file is local to the ASP application, I can use the following code to
test if the file exists:

Dim strFileName, blnFileExists, objFSO

strFileName = Server.MapPath( "\MyFiles\test.doc" )

Set objFSO = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
blnFileExists = objFSO.FileExists( strFileName )
Set objFSO = Nothing

But if "MyFiles" resides on another server and I set up a virtual directory
in my ASP app to reference to it (e.g. "\MyFiles\test.doc" resolves to
\\server2\F$\MyFiles\test.doc), the code would return False even if the file
exists on the other server.

Is there a way to test the existence of a file that resides on another
server?

 

[Ray Costanzo [MVP]]

The user attempting to access the file needs to have permissions to get to
it. Under a normal setup MACHINE\IUSER_MACHINE doesn't rights to
\\OTHERMACHINE\Sharename, because OTHERMACHINE does not know who
MACHINE\IUSR_MACHINE is.

http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2168

Ray at work