Slackware 13.37 - How to share my CD-ROM
 

Hi all,

I have to access a CD from my computer on a remote PC on the network. How would I make my CD-ROM shared on my slackware computer?

In Ubuntu, I just went to properties and "share this drive" more or less. But that doesn't seem to be the case in Slackware.

Thanks.

Member response
 

Hi,

What exactly do you need? You could always use 'NFS' or if you just need access then use 'ssh' or 'scp' to copy the file(s).
Not knowing the problem set clearly then we are just going to be 'shooting in the dark'.

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Sorry, I thought I was fairly clear on the issue. Let me try again.

I am installing a new printer on a remote windows computer (about 150 km away in one of the stores I support). There is a VPN setup for all of the stores so I can see all computers on a 192.168.*.* network. So seeing the system isn't an issue. Now I have to connect to the remote computer through various remote control programs, and then on that remote PC, I need to install the printer from the CD that resides in my laptop in front of me.

The problem is I do not know how to share the cd drive (or any folder on slackware for that matter). On ubuntu, I have the CDROM setup to share as "CD", so on my remote system, I navigate to \\192.168.4.221\CD, find the appropriate driver, and install it. I am looking to do the same thing, but in slackware. Setup my CDROM as a share so that I can navigate to it remotely.

Now I've heard NFS, and ssh, and others, but I don't know what to do with that information. Having to SSH into my laptop seems like a lot of unnecessary work, so I'm guessing NFS would be the way to go. But I don't know the first thing about setting that up. Most of my google hits return installing Slackware without a CD over the network and others around the same topic. It doesn't help I don't know the proper terms to search for, that's why I posted looking for a little assistance.

Thanks.

So you want to share your CD drive (and/or other folders) with Windows machines. I don't know if Windows machines support NFS, so I would recommend to use Samba for this purpose, it looks to the Windows machines like a simple Windows shared folder.
I have no English links present currently, but a short web search for Samba tutorial should get you some starting points.

Member response
 

Hi,
You are now showing a different problem set. Read your original post. You can use 'NFS' or 'SAMBA'. Since you added the need for a MS windows access then 'SAMBA' would be the easiest;
I can see 'ssh' benefits to get the information/files via a client like 'putty' on the M$ machine. Or for 'scp' you can use 'winscp'. One time use then I would use 'ssh' or 'scp'.

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I thought I had replied to this already.

Thank you for the additional resources to look into. This answer's my question and gives me something to look into. Thank you for your help.