samba - Dec 2003 - Can some files be invisible to some users?

This may or may not be relevant to Samba -- hiding files, permissions, etc. 

I have half a dozen Windows XP video editing workstations all accessing the 
same data on my Linux Box. Each video editing worstation ideally would like to 
create it's own index of the video files in the shared directory. The video 
editing program stores the index data in a file that it HAS to write to the same
directory where the media itself is. 

Does anybody know of a way to let each workstation write it's own index file
(they all have to have the same name -- i.e., data.mdb) and put them in a 
common directory -- yet have each machine's file point to different data? 

Similarly, each machine needs a directory for temporary storage of captured 
video files (the directory is called "creating") but the machines
don't like to
share the same directory. Again, this directory has to be a sub-directory of 
the one with the media files. 

Is there a solution to my problem?  I have a workaround that keeps the 
machines from interfering with each other -- but it's a little clunky and
I'm
seeking a more elegant solution.

HI Andy,

  The only way I can see to do what you  want is to use a "preexec"
script
that creates a directory for the machine thats connecting and then maybe 
symlinks all the frames files into it. You could then use "preexec
close" to
clean it up when you disconnect. The downside is that you'd need a share for
each clip directory.

  There's probably a really elegant way to do this via VFS hooks but
I've
never played with them.

hth,
Greg


On Friday 19 December 2003 13:14, AndyLiebman@aol.com
wrote:
> This may or may not be relevant to Samba -- hiding files, permissions, etc.
>
> I have half a dozen Windows XP video editing workstations all accessing the
> same data on my Linux Box. Each video editing worstation ideally would like
> to create it's own index of the video files in the shared directory.
The
> video editing program stores the index data in a file that it HAS to write
> to the same directory where the media itself is.
>
> Does anybody know of a way to let each workstation write it's own index
> file (they all have to have the same name -- i.e., data.mdb) and put them
> in a common directory -- yet have each machine's file point to
different
> data?
>
> Similarly, each machine needs a directory for temporary storage of captured
> video files (the directory is called "creating") but the machines
don't
> like to share the same directory. Again, this directory has to be a
> sub-directory of the one with the media files.
>
> Is there a solution to my problem?  I have a workaround that keeps the
> machines from interfering with each other -- but it's a little clunky
and
> I'm seeking a more elegant solution.
-- 
Greg Dickie
just a guy
greg@justaguy.ca