access a computer or shared folder through a website

[ayandyan]

Hi,

 

I'm wondering how I can access a remote pc or its shared folders through a php website. I will be able to have access to the remote pc manually for needed configuration or setup.

 

Any ideas or references?

 

Thanks guys.

 

Best,

Ian

[AbraCadaver]

Depends upon what your web server is.  If windows, then map a drive to the shared computer directory and then your php scripts can access it via the drive letter so long as the sharing permissions are correct.

 

With linux, use the mount command.  Make a dir to mount it to:  mkdir /mnt/server

Then something like mount -t cifs //server/dir -o username=uname,password=password /mnt/server

 

Then you can access /mnt/server just like any other dir.

[ayandyan]

Thanks abra! I'll try to start on those grounds.