Question

I’ve searched through stackoverflow for a similiar problem, but none of the solutions seem to work.

I’m running WAMP and have a network drive T:\ which I want to use as an alias in Apache. So far I have added:

Alias /p \\ps-file.server_location.edu\A$
< Directory /p>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
< / Directory>

However, whenever I try to access localhost/p I get a 403 forbidden message saying You don't have permission to access /p on this server. Any suggestions?

I have tried changing the logon settings in services.msc, but this stops apache from starting all together.

EDIT: I also have to enter my login information for the network drive the first time I connect it. Can I somehow give apache my login information?

Answer 1

You need to use forward slashes instead of backslashes or escape them all using an additional backslashas well as enclosing the paths in quotes as stated by Xophmeister. Eg:

Alias /p "//ps-file.server_location.edu/A$/"
<Directory "//ps-file.server_location.edu/A$/">
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

or

Alias /p "\\\\ps-file.server_location.edu\\A$\\"
<Directory "\\\\ps-file.server_location.edu\\A$\\">
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

You are correct to use a UNC path unless you create a mapped drive in the user profile being used to run the apache service.