On 5 November 2010 16:43, Richard Quadling <rquadling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 5 November 2010 16:30, Nathan Nobbe <quickshiftin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 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? Â 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... Â 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. Âthe nomenclature is different for one, and im not even sure how
>> to mount a network drive programmatically under windows. Âmaybe someone else
>> on the list does.
>>
>> -nathan
>>
>
> You don't need to "mount" the share. If the share is available, then
> you can access using UNC ...
>
> \\server\share\directory\file.ext is fine.
> Or
> \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\share\directory\file.ext
>
> But watch out ... in PHP, you'll need to either use / or \\ for each \
> in the UNC path ...
>
> \\\\server\\share\\directory\\file.ext is fine.
> Or
> //xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/share/directory/file.ext
>
>
> If you do really need to map it, then
>
> net use x: \\server\share
>
> and
>
> net use x: /d
>
> to drop the mapping.
>
> But you don't need to mount the share if the server with
>
> Is this not the same on unix?
>
If you need to supply credentials to access the share, then mapping it
(I think) is the only way PHP could access it ...
net use x: \\server\share /user:domain\username password
If you don't supply the password, the user would need to enter it at
the command line. A bit difficult via the web.
The syntax of this command is:
NET USE
[devicename | *] [\\computername\sharename[\volume] [password | *]]
[/USER:[domainname\]username]
[/USER:[dotted domain name\]username]
[/USER:[username@dotted domain name]
[/SMARTCARD]
[/SAVECRED]
[[/DELETE] | [/PERSISTENT:{YES | NO}]]
NET USE {devicename | *} [password | *] /HOME
NET USE [/PERSISTENT:{YES | NO}]
If the device and permissions are a fixed, then I'd use the /SAVECRED
option and ask the user to do the job once. Thereafter you can just
...
net use x: \\server\share
and no need to enter permissions as this will use the stored ones.
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