Remot file management

[Anon]

Question: How can I copy files remotely

Explanation: I have a situation where I want to manage remote files on a remote server from php on my web server.

The purpose is that there is one "master" folder on a remote machine with media files on it. As a user requests those media files via a php page I want to be able to make a copy of the master media file into a new directory for that user. All user folders and media files remain on the same server as the master.

All I can think of to do is to download the "master" file via ftp to my web server the upload them back up to the new directory on that machine. These files are too large for this.

Any help ???

[Anon]

I have run accross the same exact problem.

Which webserver are you using?
At work I am stuck using IIS / win2k [sucks for me, I know].

I have not been able to successfully access ANYTHING on a network drive via a php script. No directory listings, writing files, zilch.

I believe this is because the system user that the IIS / PHP script runs as, does not have network privlidges.

Maybe if there was a way to make IIS run under a different user [like a domain user with rights to the remote folder] it would work.