Re: Open file on a Mounted Share on Mac OS X

As a matter of fact... I'm trying to do file_exists...and it says the file does not exist in the given location... And that's because my path isn't correct. I just don't know what path I need to specify for a shared server folder on a mac os x. On 9/12/06 5:53 PM, "Ray Hauge" <ray.hauge@americanstudentloan.com> wrote: > On Tuesday 12 September 2006 16:45, Rahul S. Johari wrote: >> If I hit 'Get Info' on the share folder, a file within that folder, or even >> the DBF I'm trying to open... Mac OS X tells me that I have 'Read & >> Write' >> access to it. Basically All permissions have been provided to the Mac OS X >> user for that share. >> >> This is the error I get: >> Warning: dbase_open() [function.dbase-open]: unable to open database >> /Volumes/foresight/2qc0831.dbf in >> /Library/WebServer/Documents/site.com/folder/file.php on line 29 >> >> On 9/12/06 5:46 PM, "Ray Hauge" <ray.hauge@americanstudentloan.com> wrote: >>> On Tuesday 12 September 2006 16:33, Rahul S. Johari wrote: >>>> In my Windows 2003 Server I've given the Mac OS X user all the >>>> permissions possible for that Share. >>>> >>>> Is there something I have to do in php as far as permissions are >>>> concerned? >>>> >>>> On 9/12/06 5:31 PM, "John Nichel" <john@kegworks.com> wrote: >>>>> Rahul S. Johari wrote: >>>>>> Ave, >>>>>> >>>>>> I¹m getting really frustrated with this. How do I get PHP to open/read >>>>>> a file which is on a Share, mounted on Mac OS X. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> My Mac OS X is connected to a Windows 2003 Server... A Shared Folder >>>>>> remains mounted on my Mac OS X and I need PHP to read a file off that >>>>>> share. But it won¹t! I just can¹t get the path to work!! >>>>>> >>>>>> I¹ve tried ³/Volumes/Server/file.dbf² ..... I¹ve tried to create >>>>>> Aliases (shortcuts)... But nothing seems to work! What¹s the trick? >>>>>> How can I get this to work? Any suggestions? >>>>> >>>>> Permissions? >>>> >>>> Rahul S. Johari >>>> Supervisor, Internet & Administration >>>> Informed Marketing Services Inc. >>>> 500 Federal Street, Suite 201 >>>> Troy NY 12180 >>>> >>>> Tel: (518) 687-6700 x154 >>>> Fax: (518) 687-6799 >>>> Email: rahul@informed-sources.com >>>> http://www.informed-sources.com >>> >>> This may be due to my huge lack of experience with Mac OSX, but I would >>> think it has its own permissions for files. I'm not sure if they stuck >>> with the BSD type file permissions or implemented their own. I'd check >>> that first. >>> >>> If that doesn't work, what is the error that you get? "Access Denied"? >> >> Rahul S. Johari >> Supervisor, Internet & Administration >> Informed Marketing Services Inc. >> 500 Federal Street, Suite 201 >> Troy NY 12180 >> >> Tel: (518) 687-6700 x154 >> Fax: (518) 687-6799 >> Email: rahul@informed-sources.com >> http://www.informed-sources.com > > Out of curiosity, can you do an fopen() on it? Maybe something happened to > the structure of the file... Rahul S. Johari Supervisor, Internet & Administration Informed Marketing Services Inc. 500 Federal Street, Suite 201 Troy NY 12180 Tel: (518) 687-6700 x154 Fax: (518) 687-6799 Email: rahul@informed-sources.com http://www.informed-sources.com