Topic: Unable to access remote data files

[personsd]

I'm having problems accessing data files on a remote computer from my web application. My web server configuration is:
Windows XP Home with all current SP's and updates installed
XAMP with Apache 2.2
mod_aspdotnet installed and configured
VB.NET web application using ASP.NET 2.0
Database Is Dbase III (.dbf files) accessed using the Microsoft ODBC driver.
Remote computer is Windows XP Home with all SP's and updates installed
Directory with the .dbf files is shared read/write on the network.
I can map a drive from the web server to the remote share so I do have network access to the remote computer.

The web application runs perfectly when the data files reside on the web server.
When I change the connection string to point to the share with the .dbf files on the remote computer, the application fails with a file not found.
I've tried everything I can think of with no luck.
I don't know if this is an Apache problem or not, But I'm thinking there may be an Apache configuration setting that is blocking access to the remote share.
I'm not much more than a beginner with Apache.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[James Blond]

if apache runs as service with the default service user apache can't connect to any networkshare. You have to run apache under a different user account. It is recommend to create a user only for that.

[personsd]

That fixed my problem. Many Thanks.