VB Script to map network dirve through HTML link

Hello -

I have a simple web page for system administration and I want to embed
a link on the page that will map to the root drive of the system
(i.e. //Servername/c$) - when I add the line href=file://///ServerName/
c$ - and then click on the link I get a browser window with "Server
cannot be found" -

When I open a new browser and just type in //Servername/c$ I get the
prompt for username/password...

Why will this not work through the link but manually through the
browser.. thoughts!!??

Franz
Mon Mar 03 16:22:47 CST 2008

haganahtrainer@gmail.com wrote:

> I have a simple web page for system administration and I want to embed
> a link on the page that will map to the root drive of the system
> (i.e. //Servername/c$) - when I add the line
> href=file://///ServerName/ c$ - and then click on the link I get a
> browser window with "Server cannot be found" -
>
> When I open a new browser and just type in //Servername/c$ I get the
> prompt for username/password...
>
> Why will this not work through the link but manually through the
> browser.. thoughts!!??

My guess: it's for security ?

Since Iexplorer is embedded into the OS, by typing by hand an URL
into the address bar, the browser will ask to window's explorer to
resolve the path because he recognize that is a LOCAL path, but
if the path come from an http link; potentially it's a malicious
web page, even if loaded locally: so the accesses from
a web pace to local resources are blocked tout-court.