The following sections describe how to use your Samba server
from another Linux system or from various Windows systems.
Using Samba from Nautilus
To connect to a Samba share from a Nautilus file manager, use the Open Location box by clicking
File???Open Location. Then type smb: into your Nautilus file manager Location box.
A list of SMB workgroups on your network appears in the window. You can select a workgroup,
choose a server, and then select a resource to use. This should work for shares requiring no
password.
The Nautilus interface seems to be a bit buggy when you need to enter passwords. It also requires
you to either send clear-text passwords or type the username and password into your location box.
For example, to get to my home directory (/home/chris) through Nautilus, I can type my username,
password, server name, and share name as follows:
smb://chris:my72mgb@arc/chris
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Running Servers Part V
Mounting Samba Directories in Linux
Linux can view your Samba shared directories as it does any other medium (hard disk, NFS shares,
CD-ROM, and so on). Use mount to mount a Samba shared file system so that it is permanently
connected to your Linux file system.
Here??™s an example of the mount command in which a home directory (/home/chris) from a
computer named toys on a local directory (/mnt/toys) is mounted.
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