If I use OWA(Outlook Web Access) to access WSS, it can access directory. For example, http://localhost/public/myfolder. If I point to a file in such directory, for example http://localhost/public/myfolder/a1.xml, then browser will display 403 error and a1.xml can not be accessed.
Similarity, if I use following code to acesss http://localhost/public/myfolder/a1.xml, it still tell me the 403 error from catch statements:
try
{

 WebClient client = new WebClient();
 client.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("username", "password");
 inputStream = client.OpenRead("http://localhost/public/myfolder/a1.xml");
 reader = new XmlTextReader(inputStream);
}
catch (WebException webEx)
{
 Console.Write(webEx.ToString());
}
Would you please tell me how to resolve this problem?

Hello,

The cause of this is that the file located in your folder structure cannot be seen by SharePoint as SharePoint data and files are stored in a server-side SQL Database. Unless the file path is explicitly included into the SharePoint path this error will occur.  At this time including and excluding file paths for SharePoint sites is a server-side setting we can make for you.  If you are a customer, please contact support and they can assist you with this.

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