Re: [PHP] read smb drive
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
Re: [PHP] read smb drive
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. Steve -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] read smb drive
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
Re: [PHP] read smb drive
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 ... \\server\share\directory\file.ext is fine. Or \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\share\directory\file.ext But watch out ... in PHP, you'll need to either use / or \\ for each \ in the UNC path ... server\\share\\directory\\file.ext is fine. Or //xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/share/directory/file.ext If you do really need to map it, then net use x: \\server\share and net use x: /d to drop the mapping. But you don't need to mount the share if the server with Is this not the same on unix? -- Richard Quadling Twitter : EE : Zend @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] read smb drive
On 5 November 2010 16:43, 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 ...
\\server\share\directory\file.ext is fine.
Or
\\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\share\directory\file.ext
But watch out ... in PHP, you'll need to either use / or \\ for each \
in the UNC path ...
server\\share\\directory\\file.ext is fine.
Or
//xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/share/directory/file.ext
If you do really need to map it, then
net use x: \\server\share
and
net use x: /d
to drop the mapping.
But you don't need to mount the share if the server with
Is this not the same on unix?
If you need to supply credentials to access the share, then mapping it
(I think) is the only way PHP could access it ...
net use x: \\server\share /user:domain\username password
If you don't supply the password, the user would need to enter it at
the command line. A bit difficult via the web.
The syntax of this command is:
NET USE
[devicename | *] [\\computername\sharename[\volume] [password | *]]
[/USER:[domainname\]username]
[/USER:[dotted domain name\]username]
[/USER:[usern...@dotted domain name]
[/SMARTCARD]
[/SAVECRED]
[[/DELETE] | [/PERSISTENT:{YES | NO}]]
NET USE {devicename | *} [password | *] /HOME
NET USE [/PERSISTENT:{YES | NO}]
If the device and permissions are a fixed, then I'd use the /SAVECRED
option and ask the user to do the job once. Thereafter you can just
...
net use x: \\server\share
and no need to enter permissions as this will use the stored ones.
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Re: [PHP] read smb drive
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Richard Quadling rquadl...@gmail.comwrote: 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
Re: [PHP] read smb drive
Nathan Nobbe пишет: On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Richard Quadling rquadl...@gmail.comwrote: 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. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] read smb drive
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Alexandr verbitsky_alexa...@mail.bywrote: 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
Re: [PHP] read smb drive
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.bywrote: 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
Re: [PHP] read smb drive
Small and maybe useless note about privileges required to exec 'mount' command via php's system(): root is not required if 'user' option exists in /etc/fstab. It is true because mount cmd has always root privileges due to suexec bit and it decides whether calling user is authorized to mount something or not. 2010/11/5, Steve Staples sstap...@mnsi.net: 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... Steve -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
