# Reading files from symbolic link folder

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reading-files-from-symbolic-link-folder/55646>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [February 2, 2022, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reading-files-from-symbolic-link-folder/55646 "2022-02-02T11:35:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![anastasia.blinova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a698b9/32.png) [@anastasia.blinova](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/anastasia.blinova)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reading-files-from-symbolic-link-folder/55646/10 "2022-02-03T16:33:06Z")

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The Java version also did not work.

However it turned out it was a permissions thing in the end. Ignition is a system account user by default, and the system account user had no permission to read/write the mapped drive. And so neither the symbolic folder.  
Followed [this answer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-script-cant-open-directory/3003/4?) and changed Ignition login to be local user. All works now.

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