Windows file sharing does just that, it shares files. In order for remote CD Burning to work, you would need to be sharing out direct access to the drive itself, not just the files on it. Now that's not to say this is impossible, it just can't be done with Windows File Sharing/Samba. It is theoretically possible to create a program that listens on some network port and allows users to remotely upload ISO images and automatically burn them (or something similiar). Or maybe just watch a particular directory and burn any ISO image that shows up into it (once the file is complete. Not sure the best way to figure that out). Then you could use samba to put the files into the location that the program is watching. I've never heard of such a program, but maybe it's out there somewhere.. or if you want to work on your programming skills you can try creating one yourself. On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 gma2004@verizon.net wrote:
Anyone know if there's a way to control a cdrw on a win98 box from my linux box? With Samba, I can mount and read any of the drives on the win box, but I want to be able to burn. How do I list this remote burner as a device in linux so that I can use it?
I tried cdrecord -scanbus dev=ATAPI, but it only looks locally. Is there some way to link a block device to a target on another machine?
Don't ask why I want to do this. "Because it's there" is probably the best answer I can give. Or at least I think it's there. Maybe not.
Thanks,
Greg Avedissian
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