.NET and security permission

Aug 14 2008 7:03 AM

Hello all,

I have been a fan of this particular site for sometime and have found your Q & A's to be helpful for me in learning C#.net.

I love the language and coming from a background in VB am finding it easy to learn. I quite like the idea of all all three mixed into one (C++,Java and VB)

Anyway, my question is (and I know this has been asked a number of times) why can't I debug my source code from a network drive.

I am using Visual Studio 2005. I have tried the "one-click" solution. What I gather more so is that VS won't access the network drive is because it is using a different user as credentials? It won't copy or place the engine exe in the debug dir ( i am at work now and can' quite remember the exact name but I think it begins with C? The .net engine basically ).

I realise that the network share is located in the intranet domain in .net security settings (correct me if i'm wrong) but it still won't work with one click.

The source is on a NAS Raid-5 for backup. One person suggested using a subversioning tool but I'm not sure exactly how to go about this. I like the idea of this though as it would mean that when I do become to start working with apps that require security access across the network that it will be flagged to me. I reckon if I can just simply debug from the NAS ( although faster and safer in the long run as per file storage ) I will forget that there is required security permissions in time so it would be best for me to se subversioning. If that makes any sense?

What I understand about subversioning is that the tools will copy the data on the fly or at specified times from teh network share to the local drive for access. I don't simply wish to design and store files locally as per backup requirements, yet, though if it comes to it I could always make a batch copy to the network share if it is my only alternative.

Thank you for your time and patience with this.