network path translates into local path

Question

I have tried Google and the search function on stackoverflow, but haven't found any helpful info.

I have a server - client program and the path to the document folder in the appsettings on server (it looks like this)

  "FileHosting": {
    "Staging": "DevTest",
    "DevTest": {
      "RootDirectory": "\\\\sqlserver\\someFolder",
   

I check for the RootDirectory via

    [HttpGet]
    [Route("rootdirectory")]
    public IActionResult GetRootDirectory()
    {
        string staging = configuration["FileHosting:Staging"];
        string rootDirectory = configuration[$"FileHosting:{staging}:RootDirectory"];
        return Ok(rootDirectory);
    }

Every time I ask for the RootDirectory I receive this:

    public async Task<string> GetRootDirectoryAsync()
    {
        var response = await dataStore.ApiClient.GetAsync("api/utility/rootDirectory");
        return response.IsSuccessStatusCode ? JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<string>(response.Json) : null;
    }


response.Json = "C:\\someFolder\";

As the client runs on another computer, the needed documents are never to be found because of this.

What am I doing wrong? What do I have to do to get geht the relative path instead of some not existing local path?