Accessing files/dir on a Windows network

[royrules22]

Hi,

 

I need to access files on a Windows network. So basically the location would be \\server\dir1\dir2 or something like that. I'm running this PHP script on a different server (call it serv2) that runs IIS.

 

My code is something like this:

 

$dir = "\\server\dir1\dir2";
if (is_dir($dir)) {
echo "IS DIR!\n";
    if ($dh = opendir($dir)) {
       /*More stuff*/

 

It doesn't even recognize it as a directory.

 

Now I figure the problem is authentication. Basically all users in a domain (call it 'allusers') can access server and these files. But the scripts in serv2 (the one where PHP runs) is authentication anonymously using the account ISUR_SERV2, which is an account local to the serv2 server and not in the domain 'allusers'. So I tried authenticating just this script using an account in the allusers domain (my own). However it still doesn't work. And I know for a fact that serv2 is connected to the network.

 

Any help?

 

Thanks

[redarrow]

use the full directory path.

[royrules22]

Full directory path as in? I'm confused sorry. Windows Server 2003 BTW.

[redarrow]

use the ip of the server running the code.

[royrules22]

IP address of the machine running the code or the machine in which the files reside? I'm assuming the latter right?

[stlewis]

Actually, (and please correct me if I'm wrong...I'd like to be wrong about this, as it would make my life easier...but the readdir() function doesn't work on a remote server, hence the error.  The script needs to reside in the same server as the directory you want to read.