Get UserName who access shared resource

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Hi,
I want to fetch the user's name who were accessing the files in a shared folder. I already used filesystemwatcher class to monitor the folder, But unable to get the user's name who were accessing the files. Through what methodology i can able to achieve my goal?

Thanks in Advance.

Posted 2-Sep-10 3:56am

empire08

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DaveAuld · Answer 1 · 2010-09-05T02:09:00

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You cannot monitor who is accessing a file using the filesystemwatcher.

You would need to write an application that hooks into the OS to monitor all file system calls. And that is not so easy a task.

Posted 5-Sep-10 2:09am

DaveAuld