22.3. Connecting to a Samba Share

22.3. Connecting to a Samba Share

You can use Nautilus to view available Samba shares on your network. Select Main Menu Button (on the Panel) => Network Servers to view a list of Samba workgroups on your network. You can also type smb: in the Location: bar of Nautilus to view the workgroups.

As shown in Figure 22.6, “SMB Workgroups in Nautilus”, an icon appears for each available SMB workgroup on the network.

SMB Workgroups in Nautilus

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Figure 22.6. SMB Workgroups in Nautilus


Double-click one of the workgroup icons to view a list of computers within the workgroup.

SMB Machines in Nautilus

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Figure 22.7. SMB Machines in Nautilus


As you can see from Figure 22.7, “SMB Machines in Nautilus”, there is an icon for each machine within the workgroup. Double-click on an icon to view the Samba shares on the machine. If a username and password combination is required, you are prompted for them.

Alternately, you can also specify the Samba server and sharename in the Location: bar for Nautilus using the following syntax (replace <servername> and <sharename> with the appropriate values): 

 smb://<servername>/<sharename>/

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