[CS-FSLUG] local lan file sharing

[Frank Bax]

I finally got back to this project today.  Thanks to all who responded.

Josiah:  I have already have a similar structure for shares (personal, 
group, public), but those shares are currently on an NT4 server, which I 
eventually want to move away from.  That's why this share is going on the 
OpenBSD box.  The problem is how best to connect to this repository from a 
Linux workstation.  All scans are "automatically" dumped into the same 
repository (samba share on BSD box).

David:  I'll look closer at autofs if I decide to link from Linux to the 
samba shares.

Andrew:  I like this apache/php idea of yours, but twisted it a little.  I 
figured simple ftp access would provide the necessary interface without 
having to write a PHP script.  I just placed a "Link to URL" icon on 
desktop with an ftp url.  This icon opens Konqueror with list of scanned 
images, with tree of home directory on left side.  This allows user to 
double-click for viewing and drag/drop to their home directory.  Very 
simple setup.  Perfect!  Almost.

Works just fine for viewing, but there is a permission problem preventing 
Linux users from deleting files.  If they scan a sensitive document, they 
want to move it from repository quickly.  The files are deposited into 
repository via samba running as "nobody".  Sample file:
-rwxr--r--  1 nobody  clgw    46967 Mar  9 10:53 SCAN0045_000.pdf

The ftp link logs in with user that is in group "clgw".  Can I have samba 
create the files with g+w or o+w automatically?

Frank



At 01:27 PM 1/27/05, Andrew Minerd wrote:

>Frank,
>
>Why not run Apache and make them available via a PHP script? Just a thought.
>
>Andrew
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Frank Bax <fbax at sympatico.ca>
>Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 11:56:24
>To:christiansource at ofb.biz
>Subject: [CS-FSLUG] local lan file sharing
>
>At the office, a new Kyocera KM-3035 was installed last week - this is a
>fast network printer/fax/copier/scanner all-in-one unit.  There is a
>scan-to-pc option (imagine scanning multiple pages as fast as a
>photocopier) that only works with a Windows client.  It's a small office,
>and security is not a big concern, so yesterday I setup the Windows client
>on a selected workstation to deposit the scans on a samba server
>(OpenBSD).  This allows all windows clients to pick up scanned documents in
>the same place.  I plan to write a script which deletes scans after some
>hard-coded time period (a month or two).  The office has a few Linux
>workstations (Mandrake 9.1).  What's the best way for these Linux
>workstations to access the scanner files deposited on OpenBSD system?  Do I
>access them via the samba share that Windows clients use, or is there
>another alternative?  If you suggest an option, please include some
>pros/cons.  I have done some access to samba shares from Linux/OpenBSD
>before, but it has always been a script that does the mount, some file
>transfers, then unmount.  I've never had a share "open" for extended
>periods.  Tim's recent issues with unmounting a share that got disconnected
>has me cautious about how to proceed.  If a permanent mount point is needed
>it will need to be in every users home directory, because users of these
>Linux machines don't know anything else.
>
>Frank
>
>
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