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C# Class for creating a network connection using a different network credential
using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Net;
public class NetworkConnection : IDisposable
{
readonly string _networkName;
public NetworkConnection(string networkName, NetworkCredential credentials)
{
_networkName = networkName;
var netResource = new NetResource
{
Scope = ResourceScope.GlobalNetwork,
ResourceType = ResourceType.Disk,
DisplayType = ResourceDisplaytype.Share,
RemoteName = networkName
};
var userName = string.IsNullOrEmpty(credentials.Domain)
? credentials.UserName
: string.Format(@"{0}\{1}", credentials.Domain, credentials.UserName);
var result = WNetAddConnection2(
netResource,
credentials.Password,
userName,
0);
if (result != 0)
{
throw new Win32Exception(result, "Error connecting to remote share");
}
}
~NetworkConnection()
{
Dispose(false);
}
public void Dispose()
{
Dispose(true);
GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
}
protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
{
WNetCancelConnection2(_networkName, 0, true);
}
[DllImport("mpr.dll")]
private static extern int WNetAddConnection2(NetResource netResource,
string password, string username, int flags);
[DllImport("mpr.dll")]
private static extern int WNetCancelConnection2(string name, int flags,
bool force);
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public class NetResource
{
public ResourceScope Scope;
public ResourceType ResourceType;
public ResourceDisplaytype DisplayType;
public int Usage;
public string LocalName;
public string RemoteName;
public string Comment;
public string Provider;
}
public enum ResourceScope : int
{
Connected = 1,
GlobalNetwork,
Remembered,
Recent,
Context
};
public enum ResourceType : int
{
Any = 0,
Disk = 1,
Print = 2,
Reserved = 8,
}
public enum ResourceDisplaytype : int
{
Generic = 0x0,
Domain = 0x01,
Server = 0x02,
Share = 0x03,
File = 0x04,
Group = 0x05,
Network = 0x06,
Root = 0x07,
Shareadmin = 0x08,
Directory = 0x09,
Tree = 0x0a,
Ndscontainer = 0x0b
}
}
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var networkPath = @"//server/share";
var credentials = new NetworkCredential("username", "password");
using (new NetworkConnection(networkPath, credentials))
{
var fileList = Directory.GetFiles(networkPath);
}
foreach (var file in fileList)
{
Console.WriteLine("{0}", Path.GetFileName(file));
}
}
}
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