Creating a remote share using WMI in C#

Question

Hi There,
I was wondering if anyone can help me with the following problem:
I have written an app to easily create a share on a remote computer utilizing WMI, however I cannot seem to get it working, I end up with a "Provider is not capable of the attempted operation" error. I have full admin access to the remote server so permissions should not be an issue. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Below is the code in question:


try
{ 
ManagementPath winSharePath = new ManagementPath("Win32_Share");
ManagementScope winShareScope = new ManagementScope(@"\\server01\root\cimv2");
ManagementClass winShareClass = new ManagementClass(winShareScope,winSharePath,null);
ManagementObject shareObject = winShareClass.CreateInstance();
shareObject["Path"] = @"E:\Test";
shareObject["Name"] = "TestShare$";
shareObject["Type"] = 0;
shareObject["Description"] = "Test Share Description";
PutOptions shareOptions = new PutOptions();
shareOptions.Type = PutType.UpdateOrCreate;
shareOptions.Timeout = TimeSpan.MaxValue;
shareObject.Put(shareOptions);
}
catch (Exception err)
{
MessageBox.Show(err.Message);
}

Cheers
Ben

Mayur Vadher · Answer

hello, here is my code. Dim moSearch As Management.ManagementObjectSearcher = New Management.ManagementObjectSearcher("Select * from Win32_POTSModem") '' get serach data Dim oc As Management.ManagementObjectCollection = moSearch.Get() '' list of every modems install in computer For Each m As Management.ManagementObject In oc '' check modem status '' status "OK" means ready to use If m("Status").ToString() = "OK" Then ''' properties list ''' http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394360%28VS.85%29.aspx If m("Name").ToString & "[" & m("AttachedTo").ToString() & "]" = oldNm Then Dim p As String = m.Item("Name") m.SetPropertyValue("Name", newNm) Dim moo As New Management.ManagementOperationObserver() Dim shareOptions As New Management.PutOptions() shareOptions.Type = Management.PutType.UpdateOrCreate shareOptions.Timeout = TimeSpan.MaxValue m.Put(shareOptions) 'm.SetQualifierValue("Name", newNm) Exit For End If End If Next for above code i got error like "Provider is not capable of the attempted operation", when i call put function. any solution.

Ben Taylor · Answer

Figured it out! I was using the wrong method I should have been using the InvokeMethod of the ManagementClass object. Correct code is below incase it helps anyone else. ManagementPath winSharePath = new ManagementPath ( "Win32_Share" ); ManagementScope winShareScope = new ManagementScope ( @"\server01 oot\cimv2" ); ManagementClass winShareClass = new ManagementClass (winShareScope, winSharePath, null ); ManagementBaseObject shareParams = winShareClass.GetMethodParameters( "Create" ); shareParams[ "Path" ] = @"E:\Test" ; shareParams[ "Name" ] = "TestShare$" ; shareParams[ "Type" ] = 0; shareParams[ "Description" ] = "Test Share Description" ; ManagementBaseObject winShareResult = winShareClass.InvokeMethod( "Create" , shareParams, null ); Cheers Ben

Lalit M · Answer

if you want to test your code without running your app .

Creating a remote share using WMI in C#

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