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Date:      Fri, 7 Feb 2003 08:41:42 -0600
From:      Stephen Hilton <nospam@hiltonbsd.com>
To:        "Aslak Evang" <nyogtha@flipp.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: browsing windows drives with samba
Message-ID:  <20030207084142.69a88a98.nospam@hiltonbsd.com>
In-Reply-To: <00be01c2ce14$5e1be770$3800000a@LAPDANCE>
References:  <00be01c2ce14$5e1be770$3800000a@LAPDANCE>

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On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 20:17:18 +0100
"Aslak Evang" <nyogtha@flipp.net> 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. Is something like that availiable for
> FBSD? 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?

I have used and like /usr/ports/net/xsmbrowser.
You do need Samba installed on the FreeBSD box used to 
browse the networks SMB shares.

Regards,

Stephen Hilton
nospam@hiltonbsd.com

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