Mounting Remote File System for Web Access

Hi,

Is it possible to mount a remote file system, so that it can be accessed via
a web site in IIS?

We currently have some training materials stored on an internal server,
which internal users map as their T: drive, we have setup a wiki, which our
users can login to when external, and we would like users to be able to get
access to these training materials.

What we would like to do, is have t:\manuals mounted under
c:\inetpub\www\wiki\manuals, so users can browse the manuals as if they were
hosted on the site directly.

I've seem this done using Linux (ubuntu) and samba (I think), and it seemed
to work pretty well. However, I've not heard of a way of doing this through
Windows, even sysinternals junction tool only allows you to mount removable
media, not remote file systems.

Any help, or advice, much appreciated

Ben

Re: Mounting Remote File System for Web Access

Hi,

Is it not possible to create a virtual directory in IIS?

Have you seen this article:
"Deploying and Configuring Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 with
Remotely Stored Content on UNC Servers and NAS Devices"
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver20 03/technologies/webapp/iis/remstorg.mspx

Or is there something i dont understand that makes it difficult?

--
Regards,
Kristofer Gafvert
http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info


"Ben" skrev i meddelandet
news:O77gGhpNIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to mount a remote file system, so that it can be accessed
> via a web site in IIS?
>
> We currently have some training materials stored on an internal server,
> which internal users map as their T: drive, we have setup a wiki, which
> our users can login to when external, and we would like users to be able
> to get access to these training materials.
>
> What we would like to do, is have t:\manuals mounted under
> c:\inetpub\www\wiki\manuals, so users can browse the manuals as if they
> were hosted on the site directly.
>
> I've seem this done using Linux (ubuntu) and samba (I think), and it
> seemed to work pretty well. However, I've not heard of a way of doing this
> through Windows, even sysinternals junction tool only allows you to mount
> removable media, not remote file systems.
>
> Any help, or advice, much appreciated
>
> Ben
>

Re: Mounting Remote File System for Web Access

You can mount remote directories as a folder within the filesystem, but a
virtual directory is a much better way to go (easier to manage, visible
through the mmc, easier to change, etc.).


Pat



"Kristofer Gafvert" wrote in message
news:OUTzkmpNIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> Is it not possible to create a virtual directory in IIS?
>
> Have you seen this article:
> "Deploying and Configuring Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 with
> Remotely Stored Content on UNC Servers and NAS Devices"
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver20 03/technologies/webapp/iis/remstorg.mspx
>
> Or is there something i dont understand that makes it difficult?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Kristofer Gafvert
> http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info
>
>
> "Ben" skrev i meddelandet
> news:O77gGhpNIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is it possible to mount a remote file system, so that it can be accessed
>> via a web site in IIS?
>>
>> We currently have some training materials stored on an internal server,
>> which internal users map as their T: drive, we have setup a wiki, which
>> our users can login to when external, and we would like users to be able
>> to get access to these training materials.
>>
>> What we would like to do, is have t:\manuals mounted under
>> c:\inetpub\www\wiki\manuals, so users can browse the manuals as if they
>> were hosted on the site directly.
>>
>> I've seem this done using Linux (ubuntu) and samba (I think), and it
>> seemed to work pretty well. However, I've not heard of a way of doing
>> this through Windows, even sysinternals junction tool only allows you to
>> mount removable media, not remote file systems.
>>
>> Any help, or advice, much appreciated
>>
>> Ben
>>
>

Re: Mounting Remote File System for Web Access

Hi,

Yes, that's what was after! I completely forgot about virtual directories,
don't get to play with IIS much.

Cheers

Ben

"Kristofer Gafvert" wrote in message
news:OUTzkmpNIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> Is it not possible to create a virtual directory in IIS?
>
> Have you seen this article:
> "Deploying and Configuring Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 with
> Remotely Stored Content on UNC Servers and NAS Devices"
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver20 03/technologies/webapp/iis/remstorg.mspx
>
> Or is there something i dont understand that makes it difficult?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Kristofer Gafvert
> http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info
>
>
> "Ben" skrev i meddelandet
> news:O77gGhpNIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is it possible to mount a remote file system, so that it can be accessed
>> via a web site in IIS?
>>
>> We currently have some training materials stored on an internal server,
>> which internal users map as their T: drive, we have setup a wiki, which
>> our users can login to when external, and we would like users to be able
>> to get access to these training materials.
>>
>> What we would like to do, is have t:\manuals mounted under
>> c:\inetpub\www\wiki\manuals, so users can browse the manuals as if they
>> were hosted on the site directly.
>>
>> I've seem this done using Linux (ubuntu) and samba (I think), and it
>> seemed to work pretty well. However, I've not heard of a way of doing
>> this through Windows, even sysinternals junction tool only allows you to
>> mount removable media, not remote file systems.
>>
>> Any help, or advice, much appreciated
>>
>> Ben
>>
>

Re: Mounting Remote File System for Web Access

Hi Pat,

I think you're right, virtual directories sound much easier.

Just out of interest, how do you go about mounting a remote directory within
the file system?

Cheers

Ben

"Pat [MSFT]" wrote in message
news:61FB2746-8F32-4A16-A704-819F88E81244@microsoft.com...
> You can mount remote directories as a folder within the filesystem, but a
> virtual directory is a much better way to go (easier to manage, visible
> through the mmc, easier to change, etc.).
>
>
> Pat
>
>
>
> "Kristofer Gafvert" wrote in message
> news:OUTzkmpNIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is it not possible to create a virtual directory in IIS?
>>
>> Have you seen this article:
>> "Deploying and Configuring Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 with
>> Remotely Stored Content on UNC Servers and NAS Devices"
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver20 03/technologies/webapp/iis/remstorg.mspx
>>
>> Or is there something i dont understand that makes it difficult?
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Kristofer Gafvert
>> http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info
>>
>>
>> "Ben" skrev i meddelandet
>> news:O77gGhpNIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Is it possible to mount a remote file system, so that it can be accessed
>>> via a web site in IIS?
>>>
>>> We currently have some training materials stored on an internal server,
>>> which internal users map as their T: drive, we have setup a wiki, which
>>> our users can login to when external, and we would like users to be able
>>> to get access to these training materials.
>>>
>>> What we would like to do, is have t:\manuals mounted under
>>> c:\inetpub\www\wiki\manuals, so users can browse the manuals as if they
>>> were hosted on the site directly.
>>>
>>> I've seem this done using Linux (ubuntu) and samba (I think), and it
>>> seemed to work pretty well. However, I've not heard of a way of doing
>>> this through Windows, even sysinternals junction tool only allows you to
>>> mount removable media, not remote file systems.
>>>
>>> Any help, or advice, much appreciated
>>>
>>> Ben
>>>
>>
>

Re: Mounting Remote File System for Web Access

For Vista & Windows Server 2008 (updated NTFS & utilities). For Vista and
Win2k8 we added an API & a utility specifically for symbolic links to make
it much easier to do.

MKLINK [[/D] | [/H] | [/J]] Link Target

/D Creates a directory symbolic link. Default is a file
symbolic link.
/H Creates a hard link instead of a symbolic link.
/J Creates a Directory Junction.
Link specifies the new symbolic link name.
Target specifies the path (relative or absolute) that the new link

For Win2k3 & XP you can use FSUTIL 'HardLink'



Pat


"Ben" wrote in message
news:urkiYRsNIHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Hi Pat,
>
> I think you're right, virtual directories sound much easier.
>
> Just out of interest, how do you go about mounting a remote directory
> within the file system?
>
> Cheers
>
> Ben
>
> "Pat [MSFT]" wrote in message
> news:61FB2746-8F32-4A16-A704-819F88E81244@microsoft.com...
>> You can mount remote directories as a folder within the filesystem, but a
>> virtual directory is a much better way to go (easier to manage, visible
>> through the mmc, easier to change, etc.).
>>
>>
>> Pat
>>
>>
>>
>> "Kristofer Gafvert" wrote in message
>> news:OUTzkmpNIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Is it not possible to create a virtual directory in IIS?
>>>
>>> Have you seen this article:
>>> "Deploying and Configuring Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 with
>>> Remotely Stored Content on UNC Servers and NAS Devices"
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver20 03/technologies/webapp/iis/remstorg.mspx
>>>
>>> Or is there something i dont understand that makes it difficult?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> Kristofer Gafvert
>>> http://www.gafvert.info/iis/ - IIS Related Info
>>>
>>>
>>> "Ben" skrev i meddelandet
>>> news:O77gGhpNIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible to mount a remote file system, so that it can be
>>>> accessed via a web site in IIS?
>>>>
>>>> We currently have some training materials stored on an internal server,
>>>> which internal users map as their T: drive, we have setup a wiki, which
>>>> our users can login to when external, and we would like users to be
>>>> able to get access to these training materials.
>>>>
>>>> What we would like to do, is have t:\manuals mounted under
>>>> c:\inetpub\www\wiki\manuals, so users can browse the manuals as if they
>>>> were hosted on the site directly.
>>>>
>>>> I've seem this done using Linux (ubuntu) and samba (I think), and it
>>>> seemed to work pretty well. However, I've not heard of a way of doing
>>>> this through Windows, even sysinternals junction tool only allows you
>>>> to mount removable media, not remote file systems.
>>>>
>>>> Any help, or advice, much appreciated
>>>>
>>>> Ben
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
>