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Mon, 08/10/2009 - 07:01

bobby

Joined: 26/05/2009

Posts: 7

Images on remote file share

Hi All,

Our images reside on a remote file share and we are trying to link the BaseDir to this server without success. i.e"\\batman\root\userfiles\etc\"
Has anyone had success in doing this or figured out a work around?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Bobby

Mon, 08/10/2009 - 23:00

alfonsoml

Joined: 31/12/2006

Posts: 3735

Re: Images on remote file share

I've tested right now and it seems to work fine:

Set in the config.ascx:

BaseUrl = "/userfiles/";
BaseDir = "\\\\batman\\root\\userfiles\\" ;

Then, in the IIS administration panel, create a virtual folder "userfiles" and make it point to \\batman\root\userfiles\

As long as the permissions to read and write in that folder are correct, then it should work

Tue, 08/11/2009 - 02:21

bobby

Joined: 26/05/2009

Posts: 7

Re: Images on remote file share

Hi alfonsoml,

Thanks for your reply. The configuration you have described is how it is set up (I got a few of the other IT guys to look at it in case I was going mad) i.e BaseDir = "\\\\batman\\root\\userfiles\\" or BaseDir = @"\\batman\root\userfiles\" ;

When I point it to a local server it works fine but still can't get it working on a remote file share. Can you confirm that the FCKFinder supports DFS?

If the problem is a permissions issue, I'm not clear what account I should set up to give read/write access? I use impersonation on the ASP.net website but the documentation seems to suggest that FCKFinder accesses the server as IUSR_servername. Can you confirm that this is the account that FCKFinder uses? If this is the case it may be a problem as it's not possible to give the remote file server a IUSR_servername read/write permissions as its not a network account. I have tried my account/Everyone/Service Account so far with no luck.

Thanks,
Bobby

Tue, 08/11/2009 - 17:38

alfonsoml

Joined: 31/12/2006

Posts: 3735

Re: Images on remote file share

http://blogs.msdn.com/rakkimk/archive/2 ... bsite.aspx

Wed, 08/12/2009 - 09:08

bobby

Joined: 26/05/2009

Posts: 7

Re: Images on remote file share

Hi Alfonsoml,

Thanks again for your help. I guess what we need to figure out is if its possible to run the FCK Finder in our enterprise environment. We use windows server 2003. The baseDir is pointing to a production server that is a remote file share in a domain based distributed file system. Do you know if users with similar environments have been able to get it working and if so how are they doing it?

Cheers,
Bobby

Wed, 08/12/2009 - 14:50

wiktor

Joined: 16/07/2007

Posts: 1641

Re: Images on remote file share

Hi Bobby,

I have very little experience with IIS administration, but have you tried setting

<identity impersonate="true" userName="****" password="*****" />

in web.config to grant the correct permissions?

Wiktor Walc
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Thu, 08/13/2009 - 08:40

bobby

Joined: 26/05/2009

Posts: 7

Re: Images on remote file share

Hi Wiktor,

Our issues don't seem to be related to IIS. We can access the images through the browser. For you information though, I have tried the impersonation set up you have suggested without success. Our problem seems to be based around the FckFinder getting to the remote file share in a domain based dfs environment.

Cheers,
Bobby

Sat, 08/15/2009 - 06:14

blakord

Joined: 15/08/2009

Posts: 2

Re: Images on remote file share

Hi, I have the same problem

The FCK browser and uploader is working fine into FCK folder ROOT/includes/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/asp/Uploads/ and there is creating all category folders, files, media, flash and images, is uploading and browsing

But I need use a shared folder near of root like ROOT/files/userfiles/ and Im getting the same error

I already try set the path value ConfigUserFilesPath = into /includes/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/asp/config.asp using several methods like relative path, virtual path, fisical path ..... but nothing work.

I need the browser for search the files, Im using other ASP uploader and is working fine in my shared folder, is not permissions problems, just the FCK is returning error using an level up folder out of FCK folder, I think is a bug or Im doing something wrong setting FCK

Thanks

Sat, 08/15/2009 - 10:28

alfonsoml

Joined: 31/12/2006

Posts: 3735

Re: Images on remote file share

I guess that you are doing something wrong because you are replying in a thread about a problem configuring CKFinder in Asp.Net with a remote file share, but you have some kind of problem with FCKeditor in asp with a local folder.

So there's nothing in common between your problems and this thread.

Sat, 08/15/2009 - 18:06

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blakord

Joined: 15/08/2009

Posts: 2