Apache :: Can I use Alias with files on a network share

CZone · Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 1

Hi, I have a web server that I'm playing around with on my home network running Windows 2000 Pro w/ SP4. I was using IIS before I put Apache 2.0 on it. When I was using IIS, I was able to create a virtual directory to point to a network share.

I am new to Apache, but I understand that it uses the ALIAS directive to point to files local to the web server but not located within the DocumentRoot. Can I use ALIAS with network shares?

For example, if my website URL is http://server, and I want requests for http://server/etrl to point to a folder called "etrl" on a network file share called \\server2\library, can I do that? (SERVER2 is running Linux, in case that matters.) If so, what is the correct syntax for the ALIAS directive? I've tried adding this line in my httpd.conf file:

ALIAS /etrl //server2/library/etrl

I've tried reversing the forward slashes to backward slashes. I have also tried various combinations using quotes, mapping a drive or not, with backslashes or forward slashes. All I get is the IE HTTP 404 Page cannot be found error.

Jorge · Joined: 12 Mar 2006 Posts: 376 Location: Belgium

My best bet wouldbe:
Mount the share as a network drive e.g. x:\ then just alias to that ^^

chad · Joined: 24 Aug 2006 Posts: 12