os-windows/7695: network drives unavailable

[Alain Bron <ab...@heg-edu.vd.ch>]

>Number:         7695
>Category:       os-windows
>Synopsis:       network drives unavailable
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          support
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Thu May 10 07:40:02 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     abron@heg-edu.vd.ch
>Release:        1.3.12
>Organization:
apache
>Environment:
WS NT 4.0, SP6
>Description:
We use Novell network map drives on our Apache server (like s:)
We have this line on our httpd.conf: DocumentRoot "s:/home"
The error message is: "[...] File does not exist: s:/home/accueil.htm"
But the file exist and is available from the windows explorer or from a "dos" console.
Apache run as a service, as a local user "intranet", who belong to the admin group.
All is as the child process created by the first Apache.exe could not access to the network ressources (drives)
>How-To-Repeat:
Yes: try to map a drive to a network disk (shared directory on a Netware server or a NT WS or server)and use it as DocumentRoot directory.
>Fix:
Maybe to force the child to run as a specific user ?
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