mtclark68

helmpaul,

Thanks very much for your reply! I’ll try your browser suggestions and see what happens.

Just to be clear, are you also doing anything with the $protocols array to make the Intranet links work?

Also, are you using the “file:///sharename/servername” format? Or are you putting a mapped drive reference in the link, as in the “file:///C:/directory/file.extension” reference above.

I won’t be in a place where I can test these things on my own until next week, so I thought I’d ask you for your thoughts in advance. ??

Again, many thanks for your help.

helmpaul,

I’m trying to accomplish the same thing that you’re referencing here. So far, I’m having just limited success.

Interestingly, the code “smb://servername/sharename”, when loaded from a Macintosh accessing my WordPress site in development, works just fine. The Mac Finder presents a display box indicating that the code is searching for the network share in question. It then prompts for AD credentials and upon authentication loads the appropriate network share (or file).

Unfortunately, the “SMB” protocol isn’t supported under Windows 7. Using the syntax “file:///servername/sharename” results in a successful connection to the network share when used in a simple HTML web page, but NOT under the covers of WordPress.

This obviously suggests that there is some protocol setting (such as in your $protocols reference above) that needs to be modified. However, I haven’t been able to find exactly where this code resides.

Were you ever able to solve your problem? If so, would you mind sharing its resolution?

Many thanks.

I’m trying to accomplish the same thing, and so far have been only partially successful.

I’ve found that trying to link to an internal network file server (Windows 2003 or 2008 R2), I’m able to make the link work from a Macintosh if I use the “SMB” protocol. The following syntax works:

“smb://servername/sharename”

SMB, however, is apparently not supported under Windows 7.

Following suggestions made by other users of this forum, I’ve tried the form “file://servername/sharename” and “file://///servername/sharename”, but to no avail.

The WP site in question is an Intranet site – so entirely internal to the company involved. The file servers I’m trying to access are local as well. The fact that SMB works just fine from a Mac (I’m prompted for my server login credentials and then the Mac Finder mounts the share and displays its files), establishes the fact that this is not a permissions issue, or a networking issue of some sort.

I have also looked at the functions.php file, but haven’t been able to find the place where one edits the “allowed protocols” to include “file.”

D8TA, if you could point me in the right direction on this last count, I’d very much appreciate that.

Others – any ideas?

Thanks!