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<title>SMB</title>
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<author>&Alexander.Neundorf; &Alexander.Neundorf.mail;</author>
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The smb ioslave enables you to browse the shares of a &Windows; (or Samba)
network.
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<para>
To see the workgroups, enter
<userinput><command>smb:/</command></userinput>.
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<para>
<userinput><command>smb://</command><replaceable>a_workgroup</replaceable></userinput>
will list the hosts in this workgroup.
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<para>
To see the shares of a host, enter
<userinput><command>smb://</command><replaceable>the_host</replaceable></userinput>
or
<userinput><command>smb:/</command><replaceable>a_workgroup</replaceable>/<replaceable>the_host</replaceable></userinput>.
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<para>
To access a share directly enter
<userinput><command>smb://</command><replaceable>the_host/the_share</replaceable></userinput>
or
<userinput><command>smb:/</command><replaceable>a_workgroup</replaceable>/<replaceable>the_host</replaceable>/<replaceable>the_share</replaceable></userinput>
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<para>
The smb ioslave requires that you have libsmbclient to use this ioslave.
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<para>
You can set your default user name and password in the &kcontrol; in
<menuchoice><guisubmenu>Network</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Windows
Shares</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.  This is especially useful if you are a
member of a &Windows; <acronym>NT</acronym> domain. There you can also set your
workgroup name, but in most cases this is not required.  The kioslave will ask for your username and password if a default is not set.
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<para>
This ioslave is tested and developed using mainly Samba 2.0.7, but other
versions of Samba should work too.
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<para>
Author: Alexander Neundorf <email>neundorf@kde.org</email>
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