Questions on shared CD-ROM drive

[Tim Winders]

Check out the Application_Serving.txt file in the docs/ directory.  But in
short, use the

	volume = QUAKE2

line in the share definition.

On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, Steve Snyder wrote:

> Using Samba v1.9.18p3, I'm attempting to share a CD-ROM drive on my 
> Linux-based (RedHat v4.2) server.  This attempt has raised a few question 
> that I hope someone can answer.
> 
> This is the current definition of the share:
> 
> [cdrom]                     
>   comment = Shared CD-ROM   
>   path = /mnt/cdrom         
>   public = yes              
>   guest ok = yes            
>   browseable = yes          
>   writeable = no            
>   preserve case = yes       
>   short preserve case = yes 
> 
> 1. How to use the mounted CD's actual volume name?  If I don't explicitly 
> give the share a volume name, client system see the name of the share as 
> the volume name.  (For example, a CD with the volume name "QUAKE2" shared 
> with the name "cdrom" will appear to have the volume name of "cdrom".)
> 
> 2. Is there a way to conditionally make a share browseable?  Ideally, I 
> would like to have the shared CD-ROM drive only be visible to client 
> machines if there is actually a CD in the drive.   
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> 
> ***** Steve Snyder *****
> 

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