how to share mysql tables on a LAN?

[lisawebs]

On a windows 2K LAN,
I want clients with apache/php accesing LOCALHOST
read/write a mysql database on the drive K: (the server)

what makes a php program look for mysql tables
in a certain PATH?

For instance, after installing the package phpdev,
doing nothing, php programs automatically look for table names
into the C:\phpdev\mysql\data\

Where is this set up?
What if I change this path and put: K:\mysql\data\ ?

I tried to place this path into the php program together with the
database name, and doeswn´t work.

I appreciate your help

Lisa

[bastien]

mysql accesses the tables not php. you can specifiy when creating a db where the datafiles are to be stored see the manual...

security becomes more important here as you don't want users other than mysql writing to the dir and nobody should be able to access or delete the dir or files to prevent fuckups

hth