> I noticed that If I have media files in my samba share and a user > double clicks on the share the media starts to stream from my linux > box to the windows box. > This hampers my B/W and I would prefer users to rather download the > file then play it, I read a lot on the net regarding this but was > unable to find a appropriate solution
How does it make a B/W difference if they 'stream' it from your server or 'download' it from your server? > Can someone please suggest what can I do so that when the user clicks > on the media file he is forced to download it and does not get to > stream the file off my linux box Veto multimedia files so user's can't see multimedia files via Samba. Otherwise I don't believe Samba knows any difference between a they-opened-the-file-to-stream vs. they-opened-the-file-to-copy [I don't believe there even is a difference]. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba