[IDEA+RFC] Command line util for modifying services
Christopher R. Hertel
crh at nts.umn.edu
Tue Sep 11 07:23:10 GMT 2001
> > It would be nice if it used the SMB URL syntax...
> >
> >Chris -)-----
>
> Interesting idea. In the current implementation we have followed
> smbclient usage for the three options for specifying a target server for
> the call (since NT/Win2K net command did not offer the equivalent except
> for the single example of the NET VIEW command). The target server may be
> chosen by specifying one of the following:
> -S <server_name> or
> -I <ip_address> or in a few cases (e.g. enumerating servers)
> -w <workgroup_or_domain_name>
> So far using none of the above target options will default to using
> localhost as the target but that could be changed in a few cases since
> there are certainly a few instances in which an smb URL would make sense
> e.g. "net share delete smb://server_name/share_name" makes sense but in
> those cases we probably should support the same thing without the "smb:" as
> well (as the net command from the OS/2 e-Business Server did) i.e.
> "net share delete //server_name/share_name"
This does make some sense as a shorthand, since the smb: part is
"obvious". If you do go this route, though, please do support the use of
the prefix.
Chris -)-----
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