Accessing a shared folder via eScript to read and write to a file

Hi Oracle Community,

Am using eScript to read from a file, process & write any errors into another log file.

While am successful in using a folder present in the siebel server (single server environment).. i.e. from c:\temp

am unable to even read from a shared location .. say for e.g.. \\servername\sharedfolder\readfile.txt. If i try using the folder path in bold.. I get a null value in fpRead.

No detail in Object Manager log as to why that happens.

Am able to access the shared folder from the siebel server when i remote in.

Any further tips, on how to troubleshoot further will be of great help. Thanks.