access network locations through file manager

[junkie911]

Hi, I installed Porteus with the KDE desktop, and I'd really like to be able to access networked locations - but I don't know how to.

Using the default file manager, Dolphin, I can click through some networked devices and get taken to web pages for administering them, e.g. my MyBook World Edition NAS; but I cannot access any files on it or, more desirably, my Windows computers which do not even appear and which Dolphin claims do not exist when I type in, for example

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//mywindowspc/sharefolder/

.

Functionally, that's the minimum I want from this installation, so if someone can help me out here that would be awesome. Thanks

[fanthom]

hi junkie911,

dolphin and whole KDE was compiled without samba support as samba is too big to be included in default ISO.
i'll add this to my TODO list for next release:
kde will be compiled with samba support but samba itself wont be included in the ISO. this way interested people will be able to add samba xzm to /porteus/modules get windows shares working.

thanks

[junkie911]

Ah.

That sounds reasonable. I'll look forward to when that happens then.

Thanks

[brokenman]

I also have a mybook live NAS. My file manager has access but if not, you might consider mounting the share over sshfs and then see if dolphin can access it.

sshfs user@192.168.0.209:/path/to/directory <local_mount_point>

EDIT: I just realized I enabled the ssh server on my unit so I could access it. This can be done by putting the following address in your browser.
http://mybooklive/UI/ssh and enabling the option. Then you can install all sorts of goodies like a torrent client.

[ralcocer]

I use hfs http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/ and Tonido http://www.tonido.com/

[fanthom]

as per:
http://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php? ... 723#p26796

i having troubles with compiling kde4 with samba support, getting this:

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-- checking for module 'smbclient'
--   found smbclient, version 0.2.1
-- Looking for smbc_set_context
-- Looking for smbc_set_context - not found
-- Looking for smbc_option_set
-- Looking for smbc_option_set - not found

and

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-- The following OPTIONAL packages have not been found:
 
 * Samba , the SMB client library, a version with smbc_set_context() and smbc_option_set() , <http://www.samba.org>
   Needed to build the SMB kioslave

i'm using stock samba package from slackware.

does anybody have an idea? does it work ok in original slackware?

[tome]

Maybe this will help you:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158335
https://github.com/rose-compiler/rose/b ... amba.cmake
http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Sam ... iling.html
https://www.oregontechsupport.com/samba/