> On Feb 10, 2022, at 4:33 AM, Dr. Thomas Orgis via samba <samba at
lists.samba.org> wrote:
>
> Am Wed, 9 Feb 2022 13:13:01 -0500
> schrieb Hal Vaughan via samba <samba at lists.samba.org>:
>
>> and then share the device node file in /dev over Samba.
>
> Linux device nodes are just some kind of links that tell the system to
> talk to the device of major number x and minor y. If you share such as
> simple file over the network, it would translate to your client (if it
> also works that way, at all) looking for device x:y _locally_.
Rephrasing - could you please tell me if I?m saying this correctly? Trying to be
sure I get it.
So a node device points at something specific on the system. If I shared one on
System A and used it on System B, then System B would interpret it as pointing
to something on System B - it wouldn?t relate it at all to anything on System A.
Is that correct.
> AFAIR the Plan 9 project with the associated network protocol intended
> to do more network transparency also of devices in the manner you
> desire, but that's not what Samba does.
Thank you. I?ll look into that.
> So I second the recommendations to set up a system that offers remote
> desktop and file sharing on the dirty side and have the client with
> display and human input on the other side.
I?m considering that. I still have a fair amount to research on RMP for that.
(For instance, how to stream the screen contents when there?s no monitor on the
server.)
Thank you.
Hal