On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:43 AM, 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? 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 > > > > You don't need to "mount" the share. If the share is available, then > you can access using UNC ... > > But you don't need to mount the share > > Is this not the same on unix? im not sure, ive got some linux machines mounting windows shares and it seems ls is not happy using the smb url to the share. there may be a way though, for those willing to dig a little :D -nathan
