I am running Apache (as a service) on Win2k. LocalSystem is the logon for that. I experimented and changed it. Stopped the apache service, then couldn't start it back again. SO i put it back to the LocalSystem and it started back again.
On the computer with the files I am trying to access, I added a NETWORK user with full access (there is already an EVERYBODY with full access). So I dont see how the NETWORK would make anymore or less difference - I don't know. Other than that, I am clueless and nothing seems to work. I know my code works, because it works when testing on a local drive (eg. C:). So, something with the permissions, perhaps, I am not doing correctly. Someone suggested I needed to give access to the script and httpd trying to access the share. Help. ;) anyone actually have any luck getting this scenario to work? (accessing files over a network - not internet). Thanks again! NIcole Amashta www.aeontrek.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Christoph Grottolo Newsgroups: php.windows To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 2:53 PM Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] Can I access files from a mapped drive or over the network? Under what account does your webserver run? Does this account have appropriate permissions on the share? It only makes sense to use drive letter mappings for remote shares if your server runs on a worktation. On a production server you don't usually have access to mapped drives because no user is logged on. PHP4 can only access network shares since 4.10, before UNC-Style paths did not work. However, something with the treatment of backslashes still doesn't seem to work under certain circumstances. We've made better experiences using forward slashes like on unix. You can do that in the scripts but also in php.ini. If you're running IIS you should check 'check that file exists' in the administration panel where you enter the mapping from .php to php.exe. Then IIS will check the permissions for PHP. Sometimes this can help. Make shure the IUSER_YOURMACHINE account has the appropriate permissions or change it to a network account. If you're running Apache, check in Control Panel -> Services under what account it runs. Usually its local\system. You should change that to a network account. Christoph "Nicole Amashta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... | The OS is Win2k. The files I want to access are flat text files (.txt,.csv). | This is NOT a DATABASE related question. This is strictly flat files. | | I have the shared directories mapped to the computer with a drive letter of | R. So, in theory, according to what one said, I should be able to access and | list the directories and files on that shared directory. Well, I already | tried this yesterday and it's not working. I used as the path: R:\\data as | the path. I escaped the backslash appropriately. Still, no luck. However, | when I want to list the contents of the C drive, or any local partition, | this works. SO, why can't I access the mapped drive ( R: ) ? | | * Originally I tried accessing the data by the network name, such as: | \\ftpserver\data as $path = "\\\\ftpserver\\data"; This did not work | either. | | Here is code that I am using to test this: | <snip> | <? | include("../incs/FileSystem.inc"); // a wrapper class for the php | file and dir functions | | $path = "R:\\Data\\JAU\\Sites"; // this is the mapped (shared) drive | that resides on another computer. | | $fs = new FileSystem(); // this is an object I wrote that wraps all the file | and directory functions | | if ( $list = $fs->getList($path) ) // getList() returns an array of the | files and dirs found in $path (uses opendir ) | { | $size = count($list); | if ( $size > 0 ) | { | for($i=0;$i<$size;$i++) | { | $fname = $list[$i]; | echo "$fname <br>"; // just print out; this is just testing | } | } | else | { | echo "no files"; | } | } | else | { | echo "error listing files in: $path"; | } | ?> | </snip> | | Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! | | Thanks! | Nicole Amashta | www.aeontrek.com | | "B.A.T. Svensson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message | 27E647E5629ED211BF78009027289C6303C1B5E7@mail1">news:27E647E5629ED211BF78009027289C6303C1B5E7@mail1... | > > I need to access data files residing on a different computer | > in | > >the same network as the computer running the php scripts. Is this | possible? | > >I can't find any documentation on this and I need to figure this out | ASAP, | > >as in today. | > > | > >Once I access the files, I need to be able to read from them Is this | > >possible, and how?? | > > | > >Please help. Thank you!! ;) | > | > And the type of files you want to share is? And these files recedes on | what? | > File system, DB, or? And the platform you working on is? Anyhow: | > | > If assume we are talking about regular flat files and you are using NT. | Then | > why not try to make a share? Then you can access the files just as any | > normal file receding in the file system. | > | > Syntax for net share: | > | > [d:\vc98\include]net help share | > The syntax of this command is: | > | > | > NET SHARE sharename | > sharename=drive:path [/USERS:number | /UNLIMITED] | > [/REMARK:"text"] | > sharename [/USERS:number | /UNLIMITED] | > [/REMARK:"text"] | > {sharename | devicename | drive:path} /DELETE | > | > NET SHARE makes a server's resources available to network users. When | > used without options, it lists information about all resources being | > shared on the computer. For each resource, Windows NT reports the | > devicename(s) or pathname(s) and a descriptive comment associated with it. | > | > sharename Is the network name of the shared resource. Type | > NET SHARE with a sharename only to display information | > about that share. | > drive:path Specifies the absolute path of the directory to | > be shared. | > /USERS:number Sets the maximum number of users who can | > simultaneously access the shared resource. | > /UNLIMITED Specifies an unlimited number of users can | > simultaneously access the shared resource | > /REMARK:"text" Adds a descriptive comment about the resource. | > Enclose the text in quotation marks. | > devicename Is one or more printers (LPT1: through LPT9:) | > shared by sharename. | > /DELETE Stops sharing the resource. | > | > NET HELP command | MORE displays Help one screen at a time. | > | > [d:\vc98\include] | |
