[KLUG Members] Two questions.

Adam Williams members@kalamazoolinux.org
13 Dec 2001 13:07:01 -0500


>>I got Samba working, and installed linNeighborhood, which is a network
>>neighborhood thing.  I can't connect to a shared folder on a windows
>>computer, and can't connect, or don't know how to share, a folder on the
>>Linux computer.
>LinNeighborhood I think is "stale"
>These days the best tool for this is Nautilus
>http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/custom-guide/connect-samba-share.html
>http://jimmac.musichall.cz/screenshots/nautilus-smb.jpeg
>Now that I have RH7.2 on my primary workstation at the office I
>sometimes think "Who needs silly things like window managers and
>applications,  can't I just run nautilus?" :)

If you get an error when you "smb:" in Nautilus check to see if you have
gnome-vfs-extras installed.  If not grab a copy from rpmfind.org.  I
don't know if this installs by default or not (doesn't seem to).