From 4aed2c8219774f5d797760606b8489a92ddc5163 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: toma Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:56:58 +0000 Subject: Copy the KDE 3.5 branch to branches/trinity for new KDE 3.5 features. BUG:215923 git-svn-id: svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/trinity/kdebase@1054174 283d02a7-25f6-0310-bc7c-ecb5cbfe19da --- doc/kcontrol/smb/index.docbook | 106 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 106 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/kcontrol/smb/index.docbook (limited to 'doc/kcontrol/smb/index.docbook') diff --git a/doc/kcontrol/smb/index.docbook b/doc/kcontrol/smb/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3d3a0ea6a --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kcontrol/smb/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ + + + +]> + +
+ + + +&Mike.McBride; &Mike.McBride.mail; +&Jost.Schenck; &Jost.Schenck.mail; + + + +2002-02-12 +3.00.00 + + +KDE +KControl +Windows shares + + + +Windows Shares + + +Introduction + +In many small local area networks, the SMB +protocol is used to offer network services. Names like +&Windows; Network or &Windows; for Workgroups +Network or LanManager are often used as +well. Using SMB you can access so-called +shares (&ie; folders made available by the server) +as well as printers. + +&kde; comes with built-in support for the SMB +protocol. As &kde; is network-transparent that means you can access +SMB shares from everywhere you can access your +local files, for example in the &konqueror; file manager and in the +file dialog. To make use of this you should provide &kde; with some +information on your SMB network. But don't worry, +this is normally pretty simple as, for example, all the Windows +clients in your network need and have the same information. + + + + + +For the SMB protocol to work, it is +required to have Samba correctly +installed. If you have an NT domain controller, you will need at least +Samba version 2.0 or higher. If you want to +access &Windows; 2000 shares, you will need +Samba version 2.0.7 or higher. Older +versions may work too, but have not been tested. + + + + + + +Use + +Although there are a lot of insecure SMB +networks out there which allow access to anyone, in principle you have +to authenticate yourself to access the services of an +SMB server. By default, &kde; will use the data +entered in the Default user name and +Default password fields to authenticate itself on +SMB hosts. If you leave the field Default +user name empty, &kde; will try to access +SMB hosts without a username. If you leave the +default password empty, it will try without a password. If &kde; is +unsuccessful accessing the host using these settings, you will be +asked for a username and a password. + +While it makes things more comfortable if &kde; +stores your SMB password, this may be a security +problem. If you are using SMB in a security +conscious environment, you should not store your password here but +rather enter it anew every time you need to access an +SMB host. + +In the Workgroup field, you can enter your +workgroup name. If you don't know it, ask your system administrator +or have a look at other already configured machines in your network. +However, in most cases providing the workgroup name is not required, +so you probably can also leave this empty. + +If the option Show hidden shares is +checked, shares ending with a $ will be shown. + + + + +
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