[lug] Browsing smb shares. Was: What I really want ...

Riggs, Robert RRiggs at doubleclick.net
Fri Mar 16 09:24:06 MST 2001


Have you taken a look at LinNeighborhood? It can integrate with gmc,
for browsing SMB shares. While not as integrated as Windows Exploror,
it is better than anything else I've seen.

-----Original Message-----
From: John Hernandez [mailto:John.Hernandez at noaa.gov]
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 9:31 AM
To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
Subject: Re: [lug] Browsing smb shares. Was: What I really want ...


Can Corel's file manager (name?) be integrated into other distros running
KDE?  Is there a sourceforge project or some other site dedicated to its
development?

-John

Todd Ruskell wrote:
> 
> Sorry if this is a little late, but I've been out of town.
> 
> On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Holshouser, David wrote:
> 
> > And if I'm reading the subject line correctly, ...
> >
> > how hard would it be to incorporate smbclient into gmc or konquorer so
that
> > you could (in a magic folder kindof way, just like windoze) browse the
> > available
> > smb shares. I understand that the mounting and sharing of directories
would
> > be a totally different request, but... I'd love to be able to gui
'browse'
> > the smb shares
> > that are available on the network.
> >
> > It seems this would also bring some of that wonderful 'feel good' that
IS
> > managers
> > crave.
> >
> > And does anyone know much about ftpfs, sftpfs, and finding ways for
users to
> > mount
> > directories to and from foreign machines.
> 
> This is one of the nicest things to come out of Corel Linux, IMHO.
> Corel's file manager (based on KDE's), has a "Windows Network."  Click on
> it, and the file manager goes out to browse.  Double Click on the
> share, give it you username/password/domain, and it's mounted.  Very nice.
> 
> Todd
> 
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