Finally! Solution: I needed to create what is called a "mount point" or "share point" in my home directory. Basically I created a folder in my home directoy, and then used this following command in the Terminal to mount the server share on the mount point of my choosing: mount -t smbfs //user@domain/ShareName SharePoint Where "SharePoint" is a folder I created in my Home Directory on Mac. When I directed PHP to read the file from this share point, it read it without any problems. I was not using a share point and in theory, allowing mac to mount the server share to it's own choice of location (which is inside the hidden folder called "Volumes") instead of a location of my choice. Much thanks to all of you! Rahul S. Johari Supervisor, Internet & Administration Informed Marketing Services Inc. 500 Federal Street, Suite 201 Troy NY 12180 Tel: (518) 687-6700 x154 Fax: (518) 687-6799 Email: rahul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.informed-sources.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php