Recipe 23.19. Connecting Linux Clients to a Samba Domain with GUI LAN Browsers

23.19.1 Problem

You want to connect to a Samba domain with one of the nice graphical utilities in Recipe 23.17, but you don't know how to send Samba your login and password.

23.19.2 Solution

With Konqueror and Nautilus, all you need to do is browse the network. When you click on the domain icon, a login box will pop up.

In smb4k, right-click on the domain you wish to access, then left-click "Authentication." This opens a login box that lets you log in as any Samba user.

In LinNeighborhood, right-click on the domain you wish to enter, then left-click "scan group as user." This opens a login box that lets you log in as any Samba user.

23.19.3 See Also

• Smb4K—A SMB share browser for KDE (http://smb4k.berlios.de)

• LinNeighborhood (http://www.bnro.de/~schmidjo)

• Konqueror (http://www.konqueror.org)

• Nautilus (http://www.gnome.org/projects/nautilus)