Topic: *RESOLVED* Apache user permissions

[FrancisC]

I believe this belongs to the Apache board, but I am not sure.

I am trying to program a php application to write a file to a shared drive on a remote machine on the network.

The web server is running Apache 2.2.8 and php 5.2.5 on a Windows 2000 server. The remote machines are all Windows as well, most are Win 2k, others are Win XP.

Manually, I can copy a file to the shared drive, so I know the user logged on to the workstation has sufficient rights. When I do 'fopen' on the file in the remote directory, I get "permission denied".

Looking at the services on the server, I see that Apache is logged on as LocalSystem, so I'm assuming it should mean that it has the same rights as the user logged into the workstation.

I also try to play with the httpd.conf file, but I can't quite figure it out...

What am I missing? That should be feasible, right?

Thanks!

FC.

[FrancisC]

Ah... found it!

When the Apache service is showing running as LocalSystem, I am not sure what that user actually IS, but it does not have the same rights as the user logged in to the workstation.

I have to either
1. open the share to 'Everyone' (or figure out which user reaslly works, but I can't be bothered)
2. create a user dedicated to running the Apache service that will also have rights to the shares I want.

[glsmith]

The Answer -> #2

Limited user is fine as long as share permissions allow read(/write if wanted) to that user. ... and yes, computer with the share has to have an account for said user.