SMB server

[Bill Vlahos]

Jacques,

I don't think what you want is possible. If you have a volume SMB 
mounted it will show up on the desktop as the OS mounts the volume for 
app to use. Applications can't write to an unmounted volume.

Perhaps FTP or HTTP (get and put) might be better solutions.

Bill Vlahos

On Thursday, January 16, 2003, at 10:06  AM, Jacques Hausser wrote:

> 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
>
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