I would check the existance of the file. TGI might be right about the share, or the file just might not be there.

$file = '//Server2/f$/logconn.txt';
print "it exists\n" if -e $file;
open (FH,'<$file') || die "a horrible death";
@result = <FH>;
close (FH);
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I get that same error when the file doesn't exist (using -w).

EEjack