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Subject: Re: [users@httpd] httpd on Windows -- can access UNC paths from
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On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Jeff Trawick <trawick@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks, all! =A0 Does this look reasonable?
>
> Index: platform/windows.xml
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
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=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> --- platform/windows.xml =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0(revision 1041847)
> +++ platform/windows.xml =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0(working copy)
> @@ -757,4 +757,33 @@
> =A0 =A0 80 to attempt to bypass firewall issues.</p>
> =A0 </section>
>
> + =A0<section id=3D"windrivemap">
> + =A0 =A0<title>Configuring Access to Network Resources</title>
> +
> + =A0<p>Access to files over the network can be specified using two
> + =A0mechanisms provided by Windows:</p>
> +
> + =A0<dl>
> + =A0 =A0<dt>Mapped drive letters</dt>
> + =A0 =A0<dd>e.g., <code>Alias /images/ Z:/</code></dd>
> +
> + =A0 =A0<dt>UNC paths</dt>
> + =A0 =A0<dd>e.g., <code>Alias /images/ //imagehost/www/images/</code></d=
d>
> + =A0</dl>
> +
> + =A0<p>Mapped drive letters allow the administrator to maintain the
> + =A0mapping to a specific machine and path outside of the Apache httpd
> + =A0configuration. =A0However, these mappings are associated only with
> + =A0interactive sessions and are not directly available to Apache httpd
> + =A0when it is started as a service. =A0<strong>Use only UNC paths for
> + =A0network resources in httpd.conf</strong> so that the resources can
> + =A0be accessed consistently regardless of how Apache httpd is started.
> + =A0(Arcane and error prone procedures may work around the restriction
> + =A0on mapped drive letters, but this is not recommended.)</p>
> +
> + =A0<p>When running Apache httpd as a service, you must create a
> + =A0separate account in order to access network resources, as described
> + =A0above.</p>
> + =A0</section>
> +
> =A0</manualpage>
>

Would be nice to have the non-intuitive <Directory //imagehost/...> as
well in the example.

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