Medium Flame:Re: fPCGI vs. Windows 2003 ==>> bottom post

[Bill Vermillion]

On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 11:01:37PM -0400, Robert Haussmann thus spoke:
> [...]
> 
> > It's not a filePro issue, Tony.  It's a Windows issue.  Specifically
> > something in either Server 2003 or IIS 6.0, or a combination 
> > thereof.  This
> > is specific to the CGI environment, and fPCGI as a product 
> > notwithstanding,
> > that's not fP-Tech's fault.

> > Given the -exact- same server (W2K3/IIS6), -any- software 
> > running through
> > IIS would encounter this issue.

> First, let me give public thanks to Mark on this issue.  He worked with
> me for a number of hours tonight to help troubleshoot this issue.
> He even wrote two programs on the fly to help narrow down the problem
> (see below).  Thanks Mark!

[deletia ...]


> So the bottom line appears to be that filePro will not work on
> Win2K3 using fPCGI, OneGate, or any other CGI engine when 
> accessing a non-local drive.  Unless, of course, filePro gives us
> the option of using UNC's rather than drive letters. 

> That being said--how difficult would it be for fPTech to 
> make the next version of filePro respect UNC's as well as drive
> mappings?  E.g., PFDSK=\\servername\vol\directory\subdir ?

Difficult or not, I see the UNC as the way that MS is going and
drive letters are becoming rapidly obsolete.   


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Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com