SAMBA and Nautilus

[PW Armstrong]

Gord - thx for the tips.

I did finally get Nautilus to link to my two other computers. It just 
made no sense. I went into RH's network-configuration tool, and there 
were all the hosts (well, why not, all this tool does is allow you to 
display/change the /etc/hosts file). So I took the ip address of my xp 
host, and used a location address of 'smb://ip_address'. Nautlius showed 
me all three computers. So I double-clicked on my XP computer, and 
Nautlius showed me the Windows shares on this computer, and I can now 
'sort of' access all files in these shares.

I say 'sort of' because, if I double-click any of these files to open 
them, I get a can't-open-location error 'because application_name can't 
access files at "smb" locations'. I checked the permissions, and 
everyone has rwx access. However, I can copy these files to my linux pc, 
and then work with them. Almost there.

Any idea why I'm getting the can't-open-location error?

Thx very much.

-Peter



Gord Jeoffroy wrote:
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: [TLUG]: SAMBA and Nautilus
Date: 	Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:01:54 -0500
From: 	Gord Jeoffroy <gord-nLHz8UdEZnjwvR0lvYjcXw at public.gmane.org>
Reply-To: 	tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
To: 	<tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org>

>Peter!
>
>I've heard Nautilus doesn't like Windows 2000, and I've experienced the same problem trying to browse to an XP Pro desktop.
>
>Nautilus doesn't work, but the smbmount command does IF I use the "-o ip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" option. You might like to try that.
>
>There's a Samba/Nautilus how-to here: http://webserver.smast.umassd.edu/System_Admin_Guide/rhel-sag-en-3/s1-samba-connect-share.html
>
>And an smbmount man page here: http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/smbmount..8.html
>
>Cheers!
>
>Gord Jeoffroy
>I.T. Manager, Hume Imaging Inc.
>Phone: 416-921-7204 x225
>Cell: 416-902-0920
>Fax: 416-921-7386
>Web: www.humeimaging.com
>
>
>
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>>>>pwa.linux-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org 03/10/05 08:50am >>>
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>I got Samba up and running a few weeks ago, and now my 2 Windows pc's (1 
>XP + 1 W98)  can access my Linux files.  I can also access the Windows 
>shares from my linux pc at the command line.
>
>But I can't access the Windows shares from my Nautilus file manager. 
>What's the secret here?  I'm thinking I'm not specifying the location 
>quite right?  But maybe something else has to be tweaked.  Any suggestions?
>
>Btb, I'm running Nautilus vn. 2.0.6, and RH 8.
>
>Thx very much.
>-Peter
>
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