If the software can handle UNC's , then you could save a potential
maintenance problem but NOT mapping a Samba/iX share on your HPe3000 as a
network drive on each PC, but rather configuring the software to look at,
say,

 \\HPe3000\account\group\posix_dir\

or something like that (however you'd configures Samba/Ix to expose the
share to the SMB world.

Regards

Neil

-----Original Message-----
From: Frank Gribbin [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 13 February 2001 12:22
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Using Samba/iX to store pictures on 3000


Assuming you are running a network, what you are proposing is fairly easy
to implement.

You would:

1. Configure and start Samba.
2. Map a network drive on each PC to one of the HP3000's folders.
3. Use that folder and any subfolders when storing and retrieving images.

The first step has a learning curve, but the documentation is good.

Frank


On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 14:13:06 -0700, [log in to unmask] wrote:

>We hav a need to store and recall images on the 3000.  The new emulator we
>are using allows us to display images - rather than store the same picture
>on many pc's, we would like to store them on a common location - our 3000.
>I heard that a product called Samba could handle this.  Not knowing what
>Samba is, much less how it could do it, I have 2 questions:
>1. How best to proceed......
>2. Currently, the new software requires a full path
>(C:\program files\newsce\image.bmp
>  if we can load them to the 3000, what might the path statement look
>like?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Jess W. Shirley
>
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