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Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 22:25:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Vishal Jain <vxj45 AT hotmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: connecting to network shares
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On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, Vishal Jain wrote:

>
> Hi,
> I am running my program as a local user.
> In my program I impersonate(using seteuid) as a domain user and try to
> change directory(chdir) to a network share.
> It does not let me do that. If I create a file, it shows owner as the domain
> user. So impersonation is working.
> If I use explorer and connect as a domain user to a network share, and then
> run my program, it works.
>
> How can I connect to a network share in my program?
> It seems impersonation is not enough.
> Thanks,
> Vishal

The short answer is: you can't, unless you use password authentication.
For details, see
<http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#NTSEC-RELEASE1.3.3>.
The previous section,
<http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#NTSEC-SETUID>, might also be
of interest.
	Igor
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