SMB server

[Jacques Hausser]

Dear all,

I need to read and write to text files on a smb server, and to prevent 
the users to access those files otherwise than through the standalone. 
I was given a special username and a password for that. The problem is, 
when the connection is established, the users can access the files 
directly just by clicking on the icon plainly visible on their screen - 
and with students, you have always somebody trying to "just look at".  
I learned plenty of very useful tricks in reading the rev doc, the 
use-rev archives, and also by harassing the poor guy responsible for 
our local network, but I did'nt find clear answers to my problem:

How to access files of a smb server directly, without getting the icon 
of the server on the screen ? My standalone should work on Windows, OS 
X and former Mac OSs, and I'm afraid the solutions will differ...

If somebody is nice enough to answer, please use a simple language - 
I'm a total beginner, and worse, for everything concerning networks, 
servers and all these terrific acronyms used in this field.

Many thanks in advance!

Jacques

(PS: not counting this problem, Revolution was the perfect solution - 
as usual - and everything else works fine!).
(PS again: for security reasons (?) the network manager refuses to 
install a FTP server...)

Prof. J. Hausser
Institute of Ecology - Zoology and Animal Ecology
University of Lausanne
CH-1015 Lausanne-Dorigny
tel: ++ 41 21 692 41 62
fax: ++ 41 21 692 41 65