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Reply to topic   Topic: How to allow access from c:\ to a network drive
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ConnieGoss



Joined: 08 Nov 2019
Posts: 1
Location: USA, Monroe, WA

PostPosted: Fri 08 Nov '19 19:13    Post subject: How to allow access from c:\ to a network drive Reply with quote

Newbie user here. I just installed apache 2.4.39. My application is a simple php-based file search utility running on my localhost and searching files on a company network drive. I have full access to the drive in Windows. When I run my search page, the results display and the links to the files are correct, but when I click on the link nothing happens. If I right-click to open in a new tab, I get a blank page with a title "about:blank#blocked" in the tab.

I am guessing my httpd.conf needs to be modified ( <directory> section I presume? ) to permit apache access to the network drive, but I do not know the syntax to allow permission to a network drive, and have not been able to find clear instructions on this.

Here is the current (default) code. Is this what needs to change, and if so, what is the correct syntax? Or am I barking up the wrong tree? Thanks.

Code:
# Deny access to the entirety of your server's filesystem. You must
# explicitly permit access to web content directories in other
# <Directory> blocks below.
#
<Directory />
    AllowOverride none
    Require all denied
</Directory>
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glsmith
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Joined: 16 Oct 2007
Posts: 2268
Location: Sun Diego, USA

PostPosted: Fri 08 Nov '19 22:40    Post subject: Reply with quote

ConnieGoss wrote:

Code:
# Deny access to the entirety of your server's filesystem. You must
# explicitly permit access to web content directories in other
# <Directory> blocks below.
#
<Directory />
    AllowOverride none
    Require all denied
</Directory>

LEAVE THAT ALONE!
You're not only barking up wrong tree but 3 limbs up in it already. That's not the varmint your after Smile

Apache need to be running as a user that has access to the network share, so said user should be on both computers. Standard user named 'Apache' will do.

Apache configs to network shares have to accessed by UNC paths, mapped drive letters do not always work. for example;
Code:
DocumentRoot //computer_name/share_name/path/in/share



Read these sections of the manual for accessing the network;

Running Apache as a Windows Service
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/platform/windows.html#winsvc

Configuring Access to Network Resources
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/platform/windows.html#windrivemap

Edit: Clarify username on both computers.
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