I am getting file not found on xp_cmdshell dir on local directory

Question

Here is what I am trying to execute:

exec xp_cmdshell \'dir \"D:\\Data\\GS Products\" /AD /S /B\'

This works with every other folder on data th

Answer 1

Well, didnt get much help this time, but maybe I did it wrong..anyway, I had to add the SQL Service account pemissions to the folder I was doing the command on. Even though I was logged in with the top admin login, it did not work until I added the permissions to the folder/subfolders.