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Walf
Asked: 2012-02-22 21:06:03 +0800 CST

Apache service can't access local drive

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I know that Apache must use UNC paths for network resources when run as a service, but I have a local drive I:. It's not virtual drive, nor a mapped drive, it's a single physical disk inside the case. I keep getting this error in my logs

Syntax error on line X of C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf:
<Directory "I:/path/to/web/root"> path is invalid.

However that path definitely exists. I can access it through a different UNC share, but then wouldn't every file access have go through SMB? Wouldn't this kill performance?

windows-server-2003 apache-2.2 virtualhost

1 Answers

  1. Was just permissions. Somebody stopped the SYSTEM account from being able to access one directory in the chain between I: and the web root. o_O

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