browsing networks

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Sat, 2003-10-25 at 02:25, freebsd.org at carmoda.com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> [please 'cc' me when responding, i'm on digest]
> 
> I have asked this before, but I have rephrased it hopefully whereas I might
> get a more accurate response.
> 
> I have a new FreeBSD 5.1 workstation running Gnome2 and I would like to
> browse my file server [FreeBSD 5.1] so I can edit files and generally get a
> visual on what's there etc.
> 
> The File server is running samba and I can browse it from my laptop [win2k]
> with no problems...
> 
> But how should I browse my unix server from my unix workstation? SMB? if so,
> how do i get the in built file browser in gnome to let me browse the SMB
> fileserver..? When i try to access the server from my 'network servers'
> folder in gnome i get :"smb://fileserver" is not a valid location.
> 
> i did also try 'gnomba' but it tells me smbmount is not found, although it
> sees the filesystem, it wont let me mount. [samba 3.x is installed on my
> workstation]
> 
> help! is there an easier way..?!

Install devel/gnomevfs-extras, then enter smb:/// as the location.  You
should see all your servers.

Joe

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