Re: Using Files Without Mounting A Share From Another System

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:42:56 -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote:

> 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.

Good question. 

Nowadays it should handle smb:// or other network protocol just the same 
it does with http:// but maybe it has auto-imposed some limitations on 
linux environments (at least under windows you can launch a java JAR that 
is stored in a network share) or is just the JAR file has to be prepared 
to be run over the network (IIRC, there is a jCIFS library to that 
precisely purpose).

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón