I'm trying to configure a database system. I'm using Apache http server to run a browser based system for digital images. The images are stored on a network drive. I have the database on a system running Access 2K, Apache 2.047 on a W2K Novell 5.0 Client. I configured Apache on W2K to act as part of the operating system and login as a service using a specified W2K/Novell user account. I need read/write access to network drive on a Novell 5.0 Server. Are there any known issues with Apache logging on to a Novell Server using an account the has read/write permissions? Is it possible for Apache to corrupt access rights settings of other Novell accounts?

In NetWare, rights are called trustee assignments. In your post there isn't enough information to dertermine where the rights need to be assigned. Drive mappings and trustee assignments are two different things. I think what you need is a particular drive mapping that points to a particular directory structure on the NetWare server. The trustee assignment is given to the account that needs access to the directory structure. I also suggest installing Apache/Tomcat on the NetWare server instead of Win 2K. Mark Pilkanis

Thanks for the reply Mark. I don't know anything about how Netware works. But we need to run Apache on a W2K client because we're using Access for our browser-based searchable image database. It is my understanding that Apache needs to logon as service and act as part of the OS under W2K in order for it to have access to a networked drive. In our case the network drive is on a server running Novell. We created identical user accounts on W2K and the Novell server. We we're able to start the Apache service and access the image files on the Novell server but we found that other user rights were changed on the Novell server. Is it possible for Apache to have caused the changes?