Acessing password protected network drive

I need to access a remote network path using UTL_FILE and a DIRECTORY component, to collect and process some XML files.

The problem is the server where the files I want (over the network) does not belong to me, but the fine folks who run this server granted me access to a shared folder, something along the lines of //theirserver/mydata.

Trouble is, they demand password authentication. If I connect through windows explorer, it will prompt for username and password and after entering the authentication data I have access granted, no problems. Unfortunately, UTL_FILE.FOPEN does not provide a way to enter username and password and then Oracle can't connect and can't read files. Does anyone know a workaround? Is there any way, even if a Java way?

Thanks in Advance,
Tiago Received on Fri Feb 14 2014 - 20:32:29 CET