• You're talking about a proxy account being local admin on the machine holding the file.

    So I'd guess you're talking about a SQL agent job. Or am I missing something?

    Is it possible to access the remote file using Windows (or the good old DOS prompt)?

    My guess would be it's an issue that the user cannot acces the file from outside the local server.

    How do you reference the file? Do you use UNC path?



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