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Date:      Thu, 06 Feb 2003 16:32:44 -0500
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
To:        Aslak Evang <nyogtha@flipp.net>
Cc:        BSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: browsing windows drives with samba
Message-ID:  <3E42D47C.4010009@potentialtech.com>
References:  <00be01c2ce14$5e1be770$3800000a@LAPDANCE>

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Aslak Evang wrote:
> I've used samba a lot for browsing my freebsd drives with my windows pc's,
> but whats the best way to do it the other way around? I've read about
> smbclient, but I've been told in Linux there are kernel modules you can
> load to be able to browse windows network shares like you would "normally"
> in a windows network neighbourhood.

Don't know the Linux app you're referring to.  But there's also sharity-lite
and smbfs (see man page for mount_smbfs).

> Also I've heard that there's some sort of app for KDE that let's you
> do it as well? Can anyone enlighten me?

Konquerer (the KDE browser) allows you to surf SMB shares just like
"network neighborhood" on Win.  I believe it requires that Samba be
installed on the local machine.  I've noted its existence, but never
used it.

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com


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