"Dennis Lee Bieber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 11:20:59 +0200, "H J van Rooyen" | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: | | > | > no such luck - reality will probably be Linux for server, and a horrible mix of | > windoze machines on the client side - from 95 through 98 and 2000 to XP... will | > have to get SAMBA running at least - and it could be tricky with some of the | > older hardware/software around - but that is another fight, that I would have to | > solve anyway. | > | Well, other than the security differences -- which may not apply | when the clients are mounting a share, only when the define a shareable | partition -- I think the Windows side may be similar all the way | through. | | > This is more the kind of thing I had in mind - but I was not thinking in terms | > of having the redirecting done by the OS and network file sharing - stupid I | > suppose... | > | | Not really -- if one first is thinking in terms of "internet", which | means unsecured global operations, instead of an internal-only, behind | firewall, system. *grin* you are being too kind - I was at no stage thinking internet... | | > | add the "share" to the pythonpath (hence you want a uniform system | > | configuration so each machine mounts the share on the same name). | > | | > | > I will have to think of a solution to this *shudders* - config files, maybe... | > | I think Windows can be set to "reconnect on start-up", but it may be | better just to add a BAT file to the client machines' system start-up | directory containing the command line that mounts such a share. | | This is a good idea - thanks - Hendrik -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
