One more possibility... Use a mail automiton. Send mail to a dummy address, it fires off a script that burns the CD. > On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 17:45:46 -0500 (CDT) > Gerry <gsker at tcfreenet.org> wrote: > >> This is way possible, but I've never been able to figure out why >> someone would want to do this. >> >> If you want a CD burned, eventually you will have to walk over to the >> burner machine anyway. Why not just have a shared workstation that a >> user can go to and burn their CD? >> > > Thanks for all the tips on it everyone, I think I'll look into the > various web interfaces and see what will work best. The reason why I > want to do it this way is: > > 1) There's only one burner > 2) The system that it's connected to is on a KVM switch which is > connected to my desktop and about 7 other machines 3) I would rather > not have to devote a machine to being a CD writer only when I have > better uses for it. The writer will only be used maybe once a week. 4) > I'm a cheap bastard, and want to save money > 5) Keeps people physically off my system > > and finally.... > > 6) The more I dummy-proof it, and make it a simple "click here to > create your CD" button the less chance there is that someone will mess > it up. Particularly for those who are not technical. > > If it's a cgi/php script that's fine. I'm not worried about someone > internally hacking the system. If it was on an untrusted network, > it'd be a different story. As to having to go to the machine and put > a CD in, true. But the plan is to always have a blank CD in, and when > you go to take the burned one out replace it with a new one. > > There won't be a lot of users, under 5 typically. For this scenario, > it seems to be the best way. They won't have command line access, and > if it's a web script it's accessable by all who need it without having > to install an X-server. > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list