Actually it is a security issue, too. You have to be an authetified user (and not this anonymous one: IUSR_<machine_name>) to have access to any remote directory. Just uncheck the option "anonymous login" within you IIS admin for your php script (and enter you username and password when asked). "M.Staiger" <mstaiger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:20040409092318.72257.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Hello NG, > > I need to access files via PHP from another local server. For > security-reasons I need to access them throught their physical path (e.g. > C:\path\file.txt) and not through a virtual path (e.g. > http://domain/path/file.txt). Therefore I mounted a drive ("F:") to access > those files (e.g. F:\path\file.txt) however this won't work. For php this > mounted path simply seems not to exist. > > both servers : win 2k > IIS5, PHP 4.3 > > Anyone any hints? > > Thanks, > Marc > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php