#22153 [Opn->Bgs]: Trouble accessing network drives with opendir()

ID: 22153 Updated by: iliaa@php.net Reported By: cstreeter@andesagroup.com -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Directory function related Operating System: Win2K PHP Version: 4.3.1-dev New Comment: Sorry, but your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself. For a list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please visit http://www.php.net/support.php as this bug system is not the appropriate forum for asking support questions. Thank you for your interest in PHP. User indicates the the problem was due to a local configuration issue. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-02-13 10:05:03] cstreeter@andesagroup.com Kind and Helpful PHP dudes and dudettes: My Bad. Once I set the permissions on the share to "Everyone" the problem went away. I had them only set for my ID (which I was using to connect to the drives) but apprently, that wasn't getting resolved by Apache. SO - To anyone who needs to use UNC mapped drives with OpenDir(), if you are having a problem with OpenDir() reading the directory, check your permissions for the share on the host machine. Start with giving full permission to everyone (which should work fine) and then back accessability until you have a problem. Please consider this issue closed for my account. Thank you. Hope this helps others. Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-02-13 07:45:47] iliaa@php.net I've ran a few tests on Windows XP using the latest PHP. First of all PHP can open networked drives, however it can do so when you specify the network share speficially, for example: opendir("\\\\my.ip\\my_dir"); Also, the access to the drive needs to be previously authenticated, so the auth process need not be done by PHP, which cannot do it. Meaning that in my tests it only worked if I opened the network drive manually first using explorer and supplied to proper credentials (login & password), which the system then used automatically for all future connections. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-02-11 23:05:50] cstreeter@andesagroup.com I'm sorry Sniper, I'm not sure. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-02-11 21:47:32] sniper@php.net One more question: Did this work in any PHP version? (4.2.3 or older?) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-02-11 21:01:44] cstreeter@andesagroup.com Yes. I tried it with my previous installation (DEV 4.4) and I also donwloaded and installed the latest stable release from http://snaps.php.net/ some time yesterday (2/10/03) and I have the same problem with all three versions. For some reason OpenDir does not appear to be fond of mapped drives. Thanks again for looking into this...Do you have all the information you need? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/22153 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=22153&edit=1