File access on LAN with PHP

[Anon]

I'm using WinNT, Apache and PHP.
I have a "permission denied" error when I try to access to a filz on a other computer on the LAN from my webserver.

Sample :
<? fopen("//PC2/share/file1.txt", "r"); ?>
or
<? fopen("F:/file1.txt", "r"); ?>

In the two case, the error is the same.
What's the problem ?
Thanks.

[Anon]

Hi sklurk

The IIS/PWS webserver does not run with Administrator privileges. Somewhere in permissions tab of IIS properties is the userid of the IIS server, something like IUSER_ANONYMOUS.

Give the shared folder read permissions for that user, or to everyone.

[Anon]

Hi John

I think your answer is not correct.
- UNC paths are not (I hope not yet) supported by PHP4
- If you set up a drive mapping on a network share (i.e. //servername/share --> g:) this mapping is only accessible through IIS if a user is logged in AND IUSR_xxx has the necessary permissions.

The problem: Usually there is no user logged in on production servers, so the drive mappings don't work and it's impossible to access files on network shares... (see bug 7401).

IMO this should be noted in the PHP4 incompabilities list. UNC support worked in PHP3.

Christoph