Linux KB article #1 - possible virus?

[Cole, Timothy D.]

As a matter of interest, you can (theoretically, I haven't tried this yet)
also use this to add entries to the context menu for the drive, and to set
the drive's icon in Explorer.  Setting the fstype to CDFS doesn't appear to
affect any other properties of the share, either.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Lars Kneschke [SMTP:lk at NetUSE.DE]
> Sent:	Wednesday, January 12, 2000 11:51
> To:	Multiple recipients of list SAMBA-NTDOM
> Subject:	Re: Linux KB article #1 - possible virus?
> 
> Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > 
> > now, i don't want anyone asking for this to be added as a feature to
> > samba.
> > 
> > .. but if you put "fstype = CDFS" in a [sharename], and put an
> > AUTORUN.INF file in the root of the share, windows will run the program
> at
> > the pathname listed in AUTORUN.INF when that share is first accessed,
> like
> > it was a CDROM drive.  i'm sure that if you configured samba as a BDC,
> you
> > could get a script to view that share on first user-login.
> > 
> > this is a very easy way to upgrade all your windows workstations.
> Elegant! :-)
> 
> Cu
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