Re: Using Files Without Mounting A Share From Another System
On Apr 22, 2011, at 1:56 PM, Camaleón wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:03:00 -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote:
>
> (...)
>
>> I need a way, on Linux, to access files on a network share, which could
>> be SMB or NFS (or something else) without mounting the volume. For
>> example, if I'm on System A and I have an executable on System B, and
>> it's on a network share on System B, is there any way to run that
>> executable without mounting that share as a volume on System A?
>
> Hum... I think it could be possible, just ensure that the file in the
> share has the proper rights (that is, it should be executable by the
> user).
>
> As for java files, you could create a launcher on the desktop pointing to
> the file:
>
> java -jar smb://path/to/jar/file.jar
Does Java handle the SMB protocol on its own? I know I can't list a directory that way with ls, even with the Samba client package installed.
Hal
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