use-revolution digest, Vol 1 #1036 - 13 msgs

[Greg Saylor]

Jacques,

If the server you are trying to SMB connect to is UNIX -- ftp is an easy
way to go.. If it's OS-X, it's also very easy...

If you are running Windows NT/95/98/2000/whatever, there are a multitude
of ftp servers which can be installed, as well as ones directly from MS
(depending on what OS is is)..

The problem with a independant ftp server, of course, is that you need to
depend on both systems being up and it's just another point of failure..

You might want to ask your sysadmin "how can I get ftp access to that
file server?"... ;-)

- Greg

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>Message: 1
>Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 09:04:59 +0100
>Subject: Re: SMB server
>From: Jacques Hausser <Jacques.Hausser at ie-zea.unil.ch>
>To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
>Reply-To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
>
>Thanks, Bill
>
>I'll look for an old computer to work as an independant  FTP server...
>If somebody has another idea, it will be welcome!
>
>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: