Need help with making a network directory accessible via the web?

[LimeGreen]

I asked this on the Software forum but got no help, so I figured I'd try it here.

I have Apache set up fine so this isn't an Apache configuration problem (for the most part). : ) This is what I want to do:

I want to be able to share directories as is on my computer to another computer over the network which hosts apache. What they are is the screenshots directory for WarCraft III and the replays directory. When I tell my friend to "get this game" I want him to be able to go to http://myip/war3/replays/the_cool_game.w3c. I'm serving with apache 1.3.26 on a seperate computer on the same network.

I've tried setting an Alias in the Apache config like so:
Alias /war3/replays "\\COMPUTER1\replays\" where COMPUTER1 is the computer with the war3 stuff on it.

I've also tried regular shortcuts, I kinda knew they wouldn't work because theyre *.lnk files but I figured that's how it's done in *nix why not winXP too. : P But of course that didn't work, anyways, if anyone has any ideas or knows how this is normally done post it here!

Thanks.

 

[Buddha Bart]

man ln

I always get it backward, but it should be something like

ln -s /var/www/html/war3/replays /mnt/whereveryoumountedyourwindowsshare

bart

 

[LimeGreen]

it's on a windows xp server 🙁

 

[dexter333]

Try mapping the drive.

 

[LimeGreen]

I mapped it. I've tried two things so far with it mapped, making a direct shortcut to the drive which obviously didn't work because it just comes up as *.lnk, not a directory. I've also tried setting an alias ( such as Alias /war3/replays/ "Z:/" ) to the mapped drive but even after I set all the privileges it still comes up as "not found".

Someone out there has to have done this before!