[Samba] block streaming from samba server

[Muhammed Sameer]

hey,

Sorry if my query was confusing, actaully what happens is that once the user double clicks the media file it starts to play off the share.

The next time they want to see the stuff they again come to the share and watch it off the share ie via the network.

What I want is that I want to force them to first copy the file on their disk and then hear it or watch it as many times as they want to.

I hope that I am clearer this time.

Regards,
Muhammed Sameer

--- On Sun, 8/16/09, Adam Tauno WIlliams <awilliam at whitemice.org> wrote:

> From: Adam Tauno WIlliams <awilliam at whitemice.org>
> Subject: Re: [Samba] block streaming from samba server
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Date: Sunday, August 16, 2009, 11:04 AM
> > I noticed that If I have media
> files in my samba share and a user
> > double clicks on the share the media starts to stream
> from my linux
> > box to the windows box.
> > This hampers my B/W and I would prefer users to rather
> download the
> > file then play it, I read a lot on the net regarding
> this but was
> > unable to find a appropriate solution
> 
> How does it make a B/W difference if they 'stream' it from
> your server
> or 'download' it from your server?
> 
> > Can someone please suggest what can I do so that when
> the user clicks
> > on the media file he is forced to download it and does
> not get to
> > stream the file off my linux box
> 
> Veto multimedia files so user's can't see multimedia files
> via Samba. 
> 
> Otherwise I don't believe Samba knows any difference
> between a
> they-opened-the-file-to-stream vs.
> they-opened-the-file-to-copy [I don't
> believe there even is a difference].
> 
> 
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