Question

I have a program that needs to read/write files to/from a network computer. Sometimes however the program cannot access the folder on the network computer. Currently, to fix this issue, I go into windows explorer’s network section, click the computer, enter my credentials, and then my program is able to read and write to this computer without a problem. Is there a way to allow Java to ask for these credentials or a way to automatically send these credentials using java? I am using Win7 and Win7 embedded on the network computer.

Answer 1

You can use http://jcifs.samba.org/ which is a library for accessing remote CIFS shares. This allows you to set username and password and works on any platform (not just windows) It works without needing to mount a drive.