You're going to want to mount the directory at the command line, something like smbmount //server/share /localdir -o username=user,password=pass,uid=500,gid=500 Also be sure that /localdir is readable by the www-user account. John On 10/10/07, Alexis <phpinfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I know this may not be relevant to this list but I tried the General > list and got no reply. > > I have a script located on an Ubuntu box and I am trying to read > files located on a Win 2003 Server. > > I have 'mounted', if that's the right term to use, a connection from > Ubuntu to Server 2003 and can read the files fine via the desktop, etc. > > If the Win Server name is say 'WinServer' and the shared directory I > want to read from on it is called say 'SharedDirectory' and the user > name is 'User', I notice the reference to that folder on the Ubuntu > desktop is as follows: > > smb://WinServer%3BUser@WinServer/SharedDirectory > > > > But I am at a loss as to how I should refer to the path for this > connection within my PHP script. Any help would be most appreciated. > > If it's any additional help, I would be using the connection to read > files only, and not add/edit/delete them. > > Thanks > Alexis > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- John Mertic jmertic@xxxxxxxxx http://jmertic.wordpress.com "Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog: you understand it better, but the frog dies in the process." --Mark Twain -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
