samba - Feb 2004 - Access CDROM/Floppy while using a Windows TS Client

Is there a canned installation or methodology that anyone knows of that
allows me to configure a Linux Thin Client running "rdesktop" type
application to 2003 Windows Term Server, which allows read/write access back
to the local CD and Floppy on the Linux Thin Client.  The Thin Client
application i have in mind is an academic computer lab, however, need to
provide access back to local resources on the Thin Client.  I understand
this is possible with Samba, however i have not got the prerequisite
Linux/Samba skill to work this all out myself.  regards, Terry

On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 12:41, Terry Evans wrote:
> Is there a canned installation or methodology that anyone knows of that
> allows me to configure a Linux Thin Client running "rdesktop"
type
> application to 2003 Windows Term Server, which allows read/write access
back
> to the local CD and Floppy on the Linux Thin Client.  The Thin Client
> application i have in mind is an academic computer lab, however, need to
> provide access back to local resources on the Thin Client.  I understand
> this is possible with Samba, however i have not got the prerequisite
> Linux/Samba skill to work this all out myself.  regards, Terry
You can mount the local floppy drive over SMB - that is, have a samba
server that shares out /mnt/floppy.

However this is not the way the Windows remote desktop clients do it
however, they use a completely different protocol (not even CIFS in RDP,
at least from what I've heard).  

Andrew Bartlett

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Andrew Bartlett                                 abartlet@pcug.org.au
Manager, Authentication Subsystems, Samba Team  abartlet@samba.org
Student Network Administrator, Hawker College   abartlet@hawkerc.net
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