[KLUG Members] Nautilus smb: - was Two questions.

[Bruce Smith]

> >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).

I upgraded to Ximian Gnome, and "gnome-vfs-extras" is not a Ximian
package as far as I can find.  So, I installed it from Redhat 7.2.

Now, "smb:" works, as long as you go out to lunch between every click.
It literally takes many minutes to scan the network.

Is it because I need an Ximian version of "gnome-vfs-extras"?
(if so, where can I download it?)

Or maybe because I'm browsing a private class "B" network, and it's
scanning for all 65,535 possible nodes on my network?

Or is it always this slow?  (I never tried it before)

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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