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9 <title>SMB</title>
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12 <author>&Alexander.Neundorf; &Alexander.Neundorf.mail;</author>
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16 <para>
17 The smb ioslave enables you to browse the shares of a &Windows; (or Samba)
18 network.
19 </para>
21 <para>
22 To see the workgroups, enter
23 <userinput><command>smb:/</command></userinput>.
24 </para>
25 <para>
26 <userinput><command>smb://</command><replaceable>a_workgroup</replaceable></userinput>
27 will list the hosts in this workgroup.
28 </para>
29 <para>
30 To see the shares of a host, enter
31 <userinput><command>smb://</command><replaceable>the_host</replaceable></userinput>
33 <userinput><command>smb:/</command><replaceable>a_workgroup</replaceable>/<replaceable>the_host</replaceable></userinput>.
34 </para>
35 <para>
36 To access a share directly enter
37 <userinput><command>smb://</command><replaceable>the_host/the_share</replaceable></userinput>
39 <userinput><command>smb:/</command><replaceable>a_workgroup</replaceable>/<replaceable>the_host</replaceable>/<replaceable>the_share</replaceable></userinput>
40 </para>
42 <para>
43 The smb ioslave requires that you have libsmbclient to use this ioslave.
44 </para>
46 <para>
47 You can set your default user name and password in the &kcontrol; in
48 <menuchoice><guisubmenu>Network</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Windows
49 Shares</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. This is especially useful if you are a
50 member of a &Windows; <acronym>NT</acronym> domain. There you can also set your
51 workgroup name, but in most cases this is not required. The kioslave will ask for your username and password if a default is not set.
52 </para>
54 <para>
55 This ioslave is tested and developed using mainly Samba 2.0.7, but other
56 versions of Samba should work too.
57 </para>
59 <para>
60 Author: Alexander Neundorf <email>neundorf@kde.org</email>
61 </para>
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