On 11/2/07, Rahul Sitaram Johari <sleepwalker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 11/2/07 8:26 AM, "Jason Pruim" <japruim@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > On Nov 1, 2007, at 5:54 PM, Jim Lucas wrote: > >> Sounds like a clear case of Apache being chroot'ed. > >> > >> This is based off the BSD style setup I believe. Which I believe > >> Mac uses, So, I would check your startup line for Apache. I did > >> some googling, but I could not find anything to confirm my thinking > >> that the Mac Apache configuration is anything like the default > >> OpenBSD setup. > >> > >> I know you can manually start httpd with the -u flag to disable > >> chrooting > >> > >> Again, I can't find any examples of the Mac setup, but my money > >> would be on chrooting as the problem. > > > > > > I have been a Mac user for my entire computing life, and although I > > can't tell you the difference between Apple's setup and OpenBSD's set > > up.. I can point you to a list that would definitely be able to help. > > which is: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/macos-x-server > > > > That list as some of the most knowledgeable mac Heads I have ever > > dealt with, and they have helped me through all kinds of stuff. > > > > If anyone can tell you, they can. > > > > That sounds like a good place to look. > > I actually did figure out a way to make this work. It appears that Apache > Web Server did not have enough permissions to read files on a mounted share, > simply because Leopard eliminated the -u -g arguments for mount_smbfs - so > basically my guess was right on target. > > I was able to figure out the workaround to mounting a share giving it > specific user/group: > > Sudo -u www mount_smbfs -f 0777 -d 0777 //usr:pwd@ip/share node > > That works! > It mounts the share as "www" - which is Apache Web Server - and my PHP > scripts had no problem reading files of the share on my Website. > > Now I need to figure out how to write an AppleScript (or use the Automator) > to automate the process on every boot up. I had an AppleScript before to do > this - but it's changed now. > > Thanks guys. > > PS: You guys are funny! And brilliant!! > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Rahul Sitaram Johari > CEO, Twenty Four Seventy Nine Inc. > > W: http://www.rahulsjohari.com > E: sleepwalker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ³I morti non sono piu soli ... The dead are no longer lonely² > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Rahul, I believe all of the modern MacOS variants still use the *nix-style (due to being based on BSD) rc.d startups, right? If so: sudo echo "sudo -u www mount_smbfs -f 0777 -d 0777 //usr:pwd@ip/share node" > /etc/rc.d/init.d/winsharemount sudo chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/init.d/windsharemount sudo ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/winsharemount /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S74winsharemount sudo ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/winsharemount /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S74winsharemount That should help automate it on startup in single-user and multi-user mode (rc3 and rc5, respectively). -- Daniel P. Brown [office] (570-) 587-7080 Ext. 272 [mobile] (570-) 766-8107 Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Then you'll find out he was allergic and is hospitalized. See? No good deed goes unpunished.... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
