Web Daemon Account for Windows?

[chrisw]

Must I create an OS user account on my web server identical to one of the Oracle accounts on my db server? I've read about creating a "web daemon user," but don't know what that is and whether I should create something analogous in a Windows environment.

DB Server: W2K running Oracle 9.2
WWW: W2K running PHP 4.3.3
phpinfo() reports OCI is enabled (version 1.183.2.5)

I have the Oracle client loaded on the web server and can connect to the db server from it.

Everytime I try to connect from within a PHP script, I get:
Warning: ocilogon(): _oci_open_server

thanks for any help - Chris

<?
putenv("ORACLE_HOME=\\desert121\ora92");
putenv("ORACLE_SID=RIMSDEV");

$username="wardc";
$passwd="passwd";
$db = "(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = desert121)(PORT = 1521) ) )
(CONNECT_DATA = (SERVER = DEDICATED) (SERVICE_NAME = RIMSDev.FRTC) ) )";
$conn = OCILogon($username, $passwd,$db);
?>

[chrisw]

For the sake of others, let me post my own solution.

No, you need not create an OS user account on your web server identical to one of the Oracle accounts on your db server.

My problems were rooted in NTFS permissions. Once I gave my user adequate NTFS permissions on the web server, my OCILogon errors dissappeared.