How to browse "Windows Network"
Get following applications...
- fusermount from http://fuse.sourceforge.net/
- smbnetfs from http://smbnetfs.airm.net/
Make following rox-app.
/usr/apps/Windows Network/AppInfo.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?> <AppInfo> <Summary xml:lang="en">Samba Network Filesystem.</Summary> <About xml:lang="en"> <Purpose>Open Windows Network Folder</Purpose> <Version>0.1</Version> <Author>Yasuhiro Matsumoto [mattn_jp@hotmail.com]</Author> <License>GNU General Public License</License> <Homepage>http://www.ac.cyberhome.ne.jp/~mattn/</Homepage> </About> <AppMenu> <Item option="[umount]"> <Label>Unmount</Label> </Item> </AppMenu> </AppInfo>
/usr/apps/Windows Network/AppRun
#!/bin/sh SMBDIR=/smb if [ "$1" == "[umount]" ]; then fusermount -u $SMBDIR exit fi exec 1>&2 echo -n "Launching Samba Network Filesystem... " if ps -C smbnetfs -o user | grep -q $USER then echo "Already running." else echo "OK" if ! smbnetfs $SMBDIR; then exit fi sleep 5 fi rox $SMBDIR
Modify "~/.smb/smbnetfs.conf" if you needed.
This rox-app mount windows network to "/smb" directory. and start rox file manager.
If you want to unmount this "Windows Network", right click this app icon and select "Unmount".
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this is great !
this is the best way to browse a samba-network with linux !
rox-desktop rocks the box :)
the "==" in the AppRun script causes an error (unexpected operator)
the correct operator for me is "="
Even better, install fusesmb
Even better, install fusesmb and then you can browse the network without any rox apps at all. It works just like on windows or Mac OS X.
How do you make this work? I followed the guide but...
How do you make this work? I followed the guide but I could not mount windows network to /media/smb as a regular user
Can you please give a more detailed how-to...
Thanks!