Hi

I get a web service error that says: "Could not find a part of the path" followed by an absolute path that is definitely exist on the local machine (not a mapped drive and not a network path). The error is randomly generated from the Directory.GetDirectories method.

Some comments I found suggested it might be caused by folder permission as the web service is running under the built-in NetworkService account. All the folders that raised the error has the NetworkService account with the required permissions and as I stated before, the error is randomly generated - very few times actually comparing to the times the method is used.

My server is running on Win2003 server and IIS 6.
Web service: VB.Net and .Net 1.1

Thanks for any assistance!

eelis

If the error is randomly generated, then that means that sometimes it is not generated: ergo, it is not a permissions problem.

But I think it is either a collision issue, or a failure of the resource to be found in the designated available time period.

Since it occurs rarely, I would create an error handler that picks up this error, and—as a matter of course—re-issues the request for the resource like 6 or 8 times. (Be sure to set a limit on the number of times that the re-request can be made or you will spawn a monster.)

Thanks Brian.

I will look into your error handling suggestion.