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<?xml version="1.0" ?>
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<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN"
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"dtd/kdex.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE">
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<!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here -->
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]>
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<article lang="&language;">
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<articleinfo>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>&Mike.McBride; &Mike.McBride.mail;</author>
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<author>&Jost.Schenck; &Jost.Schenck.mail;</author>
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<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
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</authorgroup>
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<date>2002-02-12</date>
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<releaseinfo>3.00.00</releaseinfo>
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<keywordset>
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<keyword>KDE</keyword>
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<keyword>KControl</keyword>
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<keyword>Windows shares</keyword>
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</keywordset>
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</articleinfo>
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<sect1 id="windows-shares">
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<title>Windows Shares</title>
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<sect2 id="windows-shares-intro">
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<para>In many small local area networks, the <acronym>SMB</acronym>
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protocol is used to offer network services. Names like
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<quote>&Windows; Network</quote> or <quote>&Windows; for Workgroups
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Network</quote> or <quote>LanManager</quote> are often used as
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well. Using <acronym>SMB</acronym> you can access so-called
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<quote>shares</quote> (&ie; folders made available by the server)
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as well as printers. </para>
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<para>&kde; comes with built-in support for the <acronym>SMB</acronym>
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protocol. As &kde; is network-transparent that means you can access
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<acronym>SMB</acronym> shares from everywhere you can access your
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local files, for example in the &konqueror; file manager and in the
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file dialog. To make use of this you should provide &kde; with some
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information on your <acronym>SMB</acronym> network. But don't worry,
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this is normally pretty simple as, for example, all the Windows
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clients in your network need and have the same information.</para>
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<!-- Don't know if the following info should go in the base
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documentation -->
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<!-- this smb-ioslave doesn't support showing a list
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of hosts (like e.g. smb:/), for this you need the lan or rlan-ioslave,
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very cool thing (TM) btw. If you want to write some documentation for
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this one too, have a look at tdenetwork/lanbrowsing/lisa/README and
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contact me if you have questions. -->
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<note><para>For the <acronym>SMB</acronym> protocol to work, it is
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required to have <application>Samba</application> correctly
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installed. If you have an NT domain controller, you will need at least
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<application>Samba</application> version 2.0 or higher. If you want to
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access &Windows; 2000 shares, you will need
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<application>Samba</application> version 2.0.7 or higher. Older
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versions may work too, but have not been tested.</para></note>
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<!-- TODO: link to some place which explains USING SMB, i.e. konqueror
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or file dialog manual -->
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="windows-shares-use">
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<title>Use</title>
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<para>Although there are a lot of insecure <acronym>SMB</acronym>
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networks out there which allow access to anyone, in principle you have
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to authenticate yourself to access the services of an
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<acronym>SMB</acronym> server. By default, &kde; will use the data
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entered in the <guilabel>Default user name</guilabel> and
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<guilabel>Default password</guilabel> fields to authenticate itself on
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<acronym>SMB</acronym> hosts. If you leave the field <guilabel>Default
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user name</guilabel> empty, &kde; will try to access
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<acronym>SMB</acronym> hosts without a username. If you leave the
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default password empty, it will try without a password. If &kde; is
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unsuccessful accessing the host using these settings, you will be
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asked for a username and a password.</para>
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<important><para>While it makes things more comfortable if &kde;
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stores your <acronym>SMB</acronym> password, this may be a security
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problem. If you are using <acronym>SMB</acronym> in a security
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conscious environment, you should not store your password here but
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rather enter it anew every time you need to access an
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<acronym>SMB</acronym> host.</para></important>
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<para>In the <guilabel>Workgroup</guilabel> field, you can enter your
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workgroup name. If you don't know it, ask your system administrator
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or have a look at other already configured machines in your network.
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However, in most cases providing the workgroup name is not required,
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so you probably can also leave this empty.</para>
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<para>If the option <guilabel>Show hidden shares</guilabel> is
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checked, shares ending with a <quote>$</quote> will be shown.</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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</article> |