On Fri, 2010-11-05 at 11:06 -0600, Nathan Nobbe wrote: > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Alexandr <verbitsky_alexa...@mail.by>wrote: > > > Nathan Nobbe пишет: > > > > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Richard Quadling <rquadl...@gmail.com > >> >wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>> On 5 November 2010 16:30, Nathan Nobbe <quickshif...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Steve Staples <sstap...@mnsi.net> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> On Fri, 2010-11-05 at 10:06 -0600, Nathan Nobbe wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Steve Staples <sstap...@mnsi.net> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> Hey guys (and gals) > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I am writing something that needs to connect to a SMB server... can > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> this > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> be done easliy? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I copied a sample code from php.net that used the system() command > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> and > >>> > >>> > >>>> mounted the SMB to a /mnt/tmp partion, and technically, it works.... > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> the > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> problem is, is that mount has to be run as root... > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> is there a way to put the "mount/unmount" commands into an allowed > >>>>>>> command? i supposed, the other problem is, is waht if this is on a > >>>>>>> windows machine? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> i dont really want to mess with permissions too much, since this > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> will > >>> > >>> > >>>> have to be portable from linux to windows... any help would be > >>>>>>> appreciated... > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> is there any reason the php application code has to be responsible for > >>>>>> mounting the network drive? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> typically this is an os-level responsibility. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -nathan > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> this is true, but i am looking at mounting it, reading the contents, > >>>>> maybe moving a file to it, or renaming a file... and then closing the > >>>>> smb share. > >>>>> > >>>>> i have thought abotu making it a requirement on the users end to have > >>>>> the directory ready for the application... but thought also about maybe > >>>>> giving them the option to connect to it and do what it has to do, then > >>>>> close it... > >>>>> > >>>>> i've been doing it the second way, but was wondering if the first was a > >>>>> viable option or not. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> hmm, yeah im not sure if theres a clean mounting interface between > >>>> > >>>> > >>> windows > >>> > >>> > >>>> and linux. the nomenclature is different for one, and im not even sure > >>>> > >>>> > >>> how > >>> > >>> > >>>> to mount a network drive programmatically under windows. maybe someone > >>>> > >>>> > >>> else > >>> > >>> > >>>> on the list does. > >>>> > >>>> -nathan > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> You don't need to "mount" the share. If the share is available, then > >>> you can access using UNC ... > >>> > >>> But you don't need to mount the share > >>> > >>> Is this not the same on unix? > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> im not sure, ive got some linux machines mounting windows shares and it > >> seems ls is not happy using the smb url to the share. there may be a way > >> though, for those willing to dig a little :D > >> > >> -nathan > >> > >> > >> > > You can use 'smbclient' for copy file from the machine running the > > client (Linux) to the server (Windows). In PHP it is necessary to use > > functions like system or shell_exec. > > > ahh - good call. iirc that's the underlying program used by mount actually > when mounting smb shares. i know it's called by our automount scripts as > well. never bothered to use it directly, however that sounds like the way > to go in this scenario. > > -nathan
looks like it is not as simple as i had hoped/thought... i found a smb class on phpclasses.org, maybe tonight i will look at that and see if it what i need it to be. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
