Thanks, all! Does this look reasonable?
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80 to attempt to bypass firewall issues.</p>
</section>
+ <section id="windrivemap">
+ <title>Configuring Access to Network Resources</title>
+
+ <p>Access to files over the network can be specified using two
+ mechanisms provided by Windows:</p>
+
+ <dl>
+ <dt>Mapped drive letters</dt>
+ <dd>e.g., <code>Alias /images/ Z:/</code></dd>
+
+ <dt>UNC paths</dt>
+ <dd>e.g., <code>Alias /images/ //imagehost/www/images/</code></dd>
+ </dl>
+
+ <p>Mapped drive letters allow the administrator to maintain the
+ mapping to a specific machine and path outside of the Apache httpd
+ configuration. However, these mappings are associated only with
+ interactive sessions and are not directly available to Apache httpd
+ when it is started as a service. <strong>Use only UNC paths for
+ network resources in httpd.conf</strong> so that the resources can
+ be accessed consistently regardless of how Apache httpd is started.
+ (Arcane and error prone procedures may work around the restriction
+ on mapped drive letters, but this is not recommended.)</p>
+
+ <p>When running Apache httpd as a service, you must create a
+ separate account in order to access network resources, as described
+ above.</p>
+ </section>
+
</manualpage>
On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Joost de Heer <jo...@sanguis.xs4all.nl> wrote:
> On Fri, December 3, 2010 14:53, Jeff Trawick wrote:
>> e.g., this works:
>>
>> Alias /something //machinename/directory
>>
>> and this doesn't:
>>
>> Alias /else z:/foo
>
> Does the Z-drive exist in the context of the user running httpd?
>
>> I see this question raised a number of times, but I don't see any
>> definitive steps to resolve. Any hints?
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/182750/how-to-map-a-network-drive-to-be-used-by-a-service
>
> Joost
>
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