File Upload to local/mapped drive

Anon

I've created scripts for file uploading to our webserver, which works well.

However, at the time of uploading, I would also like the uploaded file to be copied to a drive that is mapped on the user's machine. This is for purposes of back-up.

The error

"Unable to create 'H:\Search History.doc': Permission denied in /whatever/whatever/htdocs/admin/uptest.htm on line 14" is generated, H: being the drive that is mapped (for all purposes, it could be C🙂.

If I understand this correctly, this error has to do with the php configuration on the server, as the script works well when I run it under PHP and Apache on a Windows platform.

What do I need to do? Thanks for your response.

kparker

You can't get there from here, except accidentally (i.e. the client machine just happens to share a drive that the server maps.) By very intentional design, there are strict limits about what the server can command the browser to do on the user's machine.

You might still find another way to perform the needed backup (e.g. the php script could ftp all incoming files to another machine.)

Anon

Hi!

This is a problem of access-rights. Presumably, the directory you are trying to save the file into cannot be written to by apache, because it is not owned by apache. Changig the ownership of the target directory or adding the user "wwwrun" (which is apache by default) to the directory-group will solve this problem.

Hope this help,

Andy