I'm currently trying to launch a process on a remote machine using WMI in C#. The process reads and writes to a file that is stored on a separate server.
When I manually login to the remote machine, I can run the process and it all works fine.
However, when I try to launch the process on the remote from my local machine using WMI, I get the following error:
System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path '\\server\path\input.txt' is denied.
I've tried multiple connection options, but I'm not sure how to re-create the permissions that I seem to have when I login manually... What do I need to do?
Local machine code
static void LaunchRemoteProcess(string remoteMachine, string command)
{
ConnectionOptions connectionOptions = new ConnectionOptions
{
Impersonation = ImpersonationLevel.Impersonate,
EnablePrivileges = true
};
var managementScope = new ManagementScope(string.Format(@"\\{0}\root\cimv2", remoteMachine), connectionOptions);
managementScope.Connect();
var managementPath = new ManagementPath("Win32_Process");
var objectGetOptions = new ObjectGetOptions();
var managementClass = new ManagementClass(managementScope, managementPath, objectGetOptions);
// Launch the command asynchronously
var inParams = managementClass.GetMethodParameters("Create");
inParams["CommandLine"] = command;
var outParams = managementClass.InvokeMethod("Create", inParams, null);
}
Remote machine code
string networkPath = @"\\server\path";
string inputFile = "input.txt";
string inputText = File.ReadAllText(Path.Combine(networkPath, inputFile));
string outputFile = "output.txt";
File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(networkPath, outputFile), inputText);
Edit 1
I have already tried using the credentials of the user for which the process works if I log on to the remote machine manually and the process still fails with the same error:
ConnectionOptions connectionOptions = new ConnectionOptions
{
Username = "username",
Password = "password",
Authority = "ntlmdomain:COMPANYNAME.CO.UK,
EnablePrivileges = true
};
Am I missing something with regards to the Authority
, Authentication
, or Impersonation
attributes?