On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Steve Staples <sstaples@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2010-11-05 at 10:06 -0600, Nathan Nobbe wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Steve Staples <sstaples@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Hey guys (and gals) > > > > > > I am writing something that needs to connect to a SMB server... can > this > > > be done easliy? > > > > > > I copied a sample code from php.net that used the system() command and > > > mounted the SMB to a /mnt/tmp partion, and technically, it works.... > the > > > problem is, is that mount has to be run as root... > > > > > > is there a way to put the "mount/unmount" commands into an allowed > > > command? i supposed, the other problem is, is waht if this is on a > > > windows machine? > > > > > > i dont really want to mess with permissions too much, since this will > > > have to be portable from linux to windows... any help would be > > > appreciated... > > > > > > > is there any reason the php application code has to be responsible for > > mounting the network drive? > > > > typically this is an os-level responsibility. > > > > -nathan > > this is true, but i am looking at mounting it, reading the contents, > maybe moving a file to it, or renaming a file... and then closing the > smb share. > > i have thought abotu making it a requirement on the users end to have > the directory ready for the application... but thought also about maybe > giving them the option to connect to it and do what it has to do, then > close it... > > i've been doing it the second way, but was wondering if the first was a > viable option or not. hmm, yeah im not sure if theres a clean mounting interface between windows and linux. the nomenclature is different for one, and im not even sure how to mount a network drive programmatically under windows. maybe someone else on the list does. -nathan
