[TriLUG] Apache sharing files out of a samba share

[John Berninger]

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005, David McDowell wrote:

> We are building an app with apache/php that will allow users to upload
> and download files.  I'd like to store the files on my Win fileserver
> to make backups easier, the linux box attaches to the share at
> /mnt/mysharename and works great with PHP displaying the directory
> contents to a web user, however, I can't actually "link" to the file
> that way, or am doing so incorrectly.
> 
> What is recommended?  mount to a different point, an alias to the mnt
> point from Apache, a different/new directive in httpd.conf??

        Take a look at the readfile() command in PHP - create a wrapper
that does some sanity checking, then readfile()'s a filename based on
URL or parameters.

> 
> thanks,
> David McD
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