Tim wrote: > On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 12:08 +0100, malcolm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> If I click on 'Computer' and navigate around to a Windows share I can >> see all the files OK - how do I get other apps to see those files - >> where are they mounted ? > > If you look at the address bar in Nautilus, you'll see things like: > "smb://computer-name/share-name/file-path/filename" which you may be > able to use in other applications. But it's been my experience that few > applications can directly use a resource that way. > > Make a mount entry for it in your /etc/fstab file, and map it to your > directory tree, then most things can use it like any other filepath on > your system. > > e.g. Something like the following: > > //computer/share /mnt/computer/share smbfs auto > > (Change the "auto" to "noauto" if you don't want it automatically > mounted when you boot.) > > See: man mount > man fstab > Build/install smb4k and use kde. You'll love it.
