Regarding SMB protocal

[Prem Bhazee]

Hi
I am planning to use SMB for accessing remote files on a server. Is it possible to access the files without sharing. Does SMB require the remote files to be shared for access from another loction.

Thanks in advance
Bhazee

[Ulf Dittmer]

I'm not sure what you're trying to do - file sharing is about accessing files that are being shared. Are you trying to access files that are deliberately not being shared?

[Nicholas Jordan]

We may be able to answer questions on Common Internet File System (CIFS).

That is Java's implementation of the protocol.

[Ulf Dittmer]

Actually, the Java implementation is jCIFS, brought to us by the good folks of Samba.

[Prem Bhazee]

Hi Ranchers,
We have some production data in remote servers that cannot be shared. So thats why I am asking is it possible to access those files in a remote server without the folder being shared.

Thanks in advance.
Bhazee

[Ulf Dittmer]

Either the data is shared or it is not shared. You can't have it both ways.

[Tim LeMaster]

The reason the data can not be shared is probably a mix of security plus protecting the production server from unexpected usage spikes. An attempt to share the file some other way sounds like just a end run around procedures. You might need to code a predictable task that copies the files to a share that users can then access the data from.

[Prem Bhazee]

I am concerend whether will it be able to access the files in remote servers without the files being shared.

For example if the files are in folder Test. Will it be able to copy the files from the Test folder through SMP protocal without the Test folder being shared.

Hope this is not confusing.

Thanks in advance
Bhazeee

[Ulf Dittmer]

For example if the files are in folder Test. Will it be able to copy the files from the Test folder through SMP protocal without the Test folder being shared.

No.