Alias doesn't work with mapped network drive

[roda]

Hi,

I am having problem with Alias directive. I can do it and it is working fine with local hard drive. But, when I mapped network drive, and created an alias for that drive, it didn't work. I couldn't even start apache. Please see my configuration below.

Alias /temp/ "Z:/temp/"
<Directory "Z:/temp">
 Options Indexes MultiViews
 Allow from all
 Order allow,deny
 AllowOverride None
</Directory>

NOTE: Z: is a mapped network drive.

Can anyone tell me why doesn't it work? Did I do anything wrong? Or, apache never works with mapped network drive?

Please help!

Thank you in advance.

Roda

[roda]

PS:

I am running apache on Windows 2000 server and Windows XP pro. I tried on both machines, but never works.

Thank you.

Roda

[jdMorgan]

roda,

Welcome to WebmasterWorld!

Just a guess here, but try using a Windows-syntax pathname for the drive:

Alias /temp/ "Z:[b]\[/b]temp[b]\[/b]"

Jim

[roda]

Hi Jim,

I have tried this way, but still didn't work. If I only use Alias directive without Directory directive, then I could only start apache, but the alias never works. I still could not open any pages. I got the following error message:

The page cannot be found
The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

Any idea? Please help!

Thank you.

Roda

[roda]

Anyone can help?

Roda

[sitz]

What do your access/error logs show when you make a request for the Alias'd directory? Do you have any other Aliases which could be conflicting with this one? Are you using any RewriteRule lines? Are you using <VirtualHost> blocks? Is the Alias line in one of them? If so, is it in the *right* one? =)

[Caterham]

> when I mapped network drive, and created an alias
> for that drive, it didn't work. I couldn't even start apache.

On windows systems, you should find sthg. also in the windows event log, if apache fails to start.