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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Chapter 5. Accessing Network Resources</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="susebooks.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Documentation"><link rel="up" href="part.gnome.manage.html" title="Part II. Internet Connectivity, Files and Resources"><link rel="prev" href="part.gnome.manage.html" title="Part II. Internet Connectivity, Files and Resources"><link rel="next" href="cha.gnome.beagle.html" title="Chapter 6. Searching with Beagle"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header" border="0" class="bctable"><tr><td width="80%"><div class="breadcrumbs"><p><a href="index.html"> Documentation</a><span class="breadcrumbs-sep"> > </span><a href="book.gnomeuser.html">GNOME User Guide</a><span class="breadcrumbs-sep"> > </span><a href="part.gnome.manage.html">Internet Connectivity, Files and Resources</a><span class="breadcrumbs-sep"> > </span><strong><a accesskey="p" title="Part II. Internet Connectivity, Files and Resources" href="part.gnome.manage.html"><span>◀</span></a> <a accesskey="n" title="Chapter 6. Searching with Beagle" href="cha.gnome.beagle.html"><span>▶</span></a></strong></p></div></td></tr></table></div><div lang="en" class="chapter" title="Chapter 5. Accessing Network Resources"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="cha.gnome.network"></a>Chapter 5. Accessing Network Resources<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#cha.gnome.network">¶</a></span></h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="cha.gnome.network.html#sec.gnomeuser.start.network.connect">5.1. Connecting to Your Network</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="cha.gnome.network.html#sec.gnome.network.general">5.2. General Notes on File Sharing and Network Browsing</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="cha.gnome.network.html#sec.gnome.network.accshare">5.3. Accessing Network Shares</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="cha.gnome.network.html#sec.gnome.network.smbshare">5.4. Sharing Folders</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="cha.gnome.network.html#sec.gnome.network.ad.data">5.5. Managing Windows Files</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="cha.gnome.network.html#sec.gnome.network.ad.printer">5.6. Configuring and Accessing a Windows Network Printer</a></span></dt></dl></div><p>
From your desktop, you can access files and directories or certain
services on remote hosts or make your own files and directories available
to other users in your network. openSUSE® offers the following ways
of accessing and creating network shared resources.
</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Network Browsing</span></dt><dd><p>
Your file manager, Nautilus, lets you browse your network for shared
resources and services. Learn more about this in
<a class="xref" href="cha.gnome.network.html#sec.gnome.network.accshare" title="5.3. Accessing Network Shares">Section 5.3, “Accessing Network Shares”</a>.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Sharing Folders in Mixed Environments</span></dt><dd><p>
Using Nautilus, configure your files and folders to share with other
members of your network. Make your data readable or writable for users
from any Windows or Linux workstation. Learn more about this in
<a class="xref" href="cha.gnome.network.html#sec.gnome.network.smbshare" title="5.4. Sharing Folders">Section 5.4, “Sharing Folders”</a>.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Managing Windows Files</span></dt><dd><p>
openSUSE can be configured to integrate into an existing Windows
network. Your Linux machine then behaves like a Windows client. It
takes all account information from the Active Directory domain
controller, just as the Windows clients do. <span>Learn
more about this in
<a class="xref" href="cha.gnome.network.html#sec.gnome.network.ad.data" title="5.5. Managing Windows Files">Section 5.5, “Managing Windows Files”</a>.</span>
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Configuring and Accessing a Windows Network Printer</span></dt><dd><p>
You can configure a Windows network printer through the GNOME Control
Center. Learn how to configure this in
<a class="xref" href="cha.gnome.network.html#sec.gnome.network.ad.printer" title="5.6. Configuring and Accessing a Windows Network Printer">Section 5.6, “Configuring and Accessing a Windows Network Printer”</a>.
</p></dd></dl></div><div class="sect1" title="5.1. Connecting to Your Network"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="sec.gnomeuser.start.network.connect"></a>5.1. Connecting to Your Network<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#sec.gnomeuser.start.network.connect">¶</a></span></h2></div></div></div><p>
You can connect to a network with wired and wireless connections. To view
your network connection status, click <span class="guimenu">Computer</span>. In the
<span class="guimenu">Status</span> area of the main menu, the
<span class="guimenu">Network</span> icon shows your network connection status.
Click the icon to open the YaST Network Settings module. You can use
this module to configure your network setup method or to edit your
network card configuration.
</p></div><div class="sect1" title="5.2. General Notes on File Sharing and Network Browsing"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="sec.gnome.network.general"></a>5.2. General Notes on File Sharing and Network Browsing<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#sec.gnome.network.general">¶</a></span></h2></div></div></div><p>
Whether and to which extent you can use file sharing and network browsing
on your machine and in your network highly depends on the network
structure and on the configuration of your machine. Before setting up
either of them, contact your system administrator to make sure that your
network structure supports this feature and to check whether your
company's security policies permit it.
</p><p>
Network browsing, be it SMB browsing for Windows shares or SLP browsing
for remote services, relies heavily on the machine's ability to send
broadcast messages to all clients in the network. These messages and the
clients' replies to them enable your machine to detect any available
shares or services. For broadcasts to work effectively, your machine must
be part of the same subnet as all other machines it is querying. If
network browsing does not work on your machine or the detected shares and
services do not mmeet with your expectations, contact your system
administrator to ensure that you are connected to the appropriate subnet.
</p><p>
To allow network browsing, your machine needs to keep several network
ports open to send and receive network messages that provide details on
the network and the availability of shares and services. The standard
openSUSE is configured for tight security and has a firewall that
protects your machine against the Internet. To adjust the firewall
configuration, you would either need to ask your system administrator to
put your interface into the internal zone or to tear down the firewall
entirely (depending on your company's security policy). If you try to
browse a network with a restrictive firewall running on your machine,
Nautilus warns you that your security restrictions are not allowing it to
query the network.
</p></div><div class="sect1" title="5.3. Accessing Network Shares"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="sec.gnome.network.accshare"></a>5.3. Accessing Network Shares<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#sec.gnome.network.accshare">¶</a></span></h2></div></div></div><p>
Networking workstations can be set up to share folders. Typically, files
and folders are marked to allow users remote access. These are called
<span class="emphasis"><em>network shares</em></span>. If your system is configured to
access network shares, you can use your file manager to access these
shares and browse them just as easily as if they were located on your
local machine. Your level of access to the shared folders (whether
read-only or write access, as well) is dependent on the permissions
granted to you by the owner of the shares.
</p><p>
To access network shares, open Nautilus and click
<span class="guimenu">Network</span> from the <span class="guimenu">Places</span> pane.
Nautilus displays the servers and networks that you can access.
Double-click on a server or network to access its shares. You might be
required to authenticate to the server by providing a username and
password. Common network shares are SFTP accessible resources (SSH File
Transfer Protocol) or Windows shares.
</p><div class="figure"><a name="id421173"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 5.1. Network File Browser</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject"><table border="0" summary="manufactured viewport for HTML img" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="70%"><tr><td><img src="images/network_browser.png" width="100%" alt="Network File Browser"></td></tr></table></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"><div class="sect2" title="5.3.1. Adding a Network Place"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="sec.gnomeuser.start.network.shares.add"></a>5.3.1. Adding a Network Place<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#sec.gnomeuser.start.network.shares.add">¶</a></span></h3></div></div></div><div class="procedure"><ol class="procedure" type="1"><li><p>
Click <span class="guimenu">Computer</span>+<span class="guimenu">Nautilus File
Browser</span>+<span class="guimenu">File</span>+<span class="guimenu">Connect to
Server</span>.
</p><div class="figure"><a name="id421253"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 5.2. Connect to Server dialog box</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject"><table border="0" summary="manufactured viewport for HTML img" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="50%"><tr><td><img src="images/connect_server_a.png" width="100%" alt="Connect to Server dialog box"></td></tr></table></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"></li><li><p>
Select a service type, then specify the required information for your
type of service.
</p></li><li><p>
To bookmark the connection, check <span class="guimenu">Add Bookmark</span> and
enter its name.
</p></li><li><p>
Click <span class="guimenu">Connect</span>.
</p></li></ol></div></div></div><div class="sect1" title="5.4. Sharing Folders"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="sec.gnome.network.smbshare"></a>5.4. Sharing Folders<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#sec.gnome.network.smbshare">¶</a></span></h2></div></div></div><p>
Sharing and exchanging documents is a must-have in corporate
environments. Nautilus offers you file sharing, which makes your files
and folders available to both Linux and Windows users.
</p><div class="sect2" title="5.4.1. Enabling Sharing on the Computer"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="sec.gnome.network.sharingcomputer"></a>5.4.1. Enabling Sharing on the Computer<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#sec.gnome.network.sharingcomputer">¶</a></span></h3></div></div></div><p>
Before you can share a folder, you must enable sharing on your computer.
To enable sharing:
</p><div class="procedure"><ol class="procedure" type="1"><li><p>
Start the YaST from the main menu.
</p></li><li><p>
Enter the root password.
</p></li><li><p>
Click <span class="guimenu">Network Services</span>.
</p></li><li><p>
Click <span class="guimenu">Windows Domain Membership</span>.
</p></li><li><p>
Click <span class="guimenu">Allow Users to Share Their Directories</span>, then
click <span class="guimenu">OK</span>.
</p></li></ol></div></div><div class="sect2" title="5.4.2. Enabling Sharing for a Folder"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="sec.gnome.network.sharingfolder"></a>5.4.2. Enabling Sharing for a Folder<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#sec.gnome.network.sharingfolder">¶</a></span></h3></div></div></div><p>
To configure file sharing for a folder:
</p><div class="procedure"><ol class="procedure" type="1"><li><p>
Open Nautilus.
</p></li><li><p>
Right-click a folder, then select <span class="guimenu">Sharing Options</span>
from the context menu.
</p><div class="informalfigure"><div class="mediaobject"><table border="0" summary="manufactured viewport for HTML img" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="35%"><tr><td><img src="images/folder_sharing_1_a.png" width="100%"></td></tr></table></div></div></li><li><p>
Select <span class="guimenu">Share this folder</span>.
</p></li><li><p>
If you want other people to be able to write to the folder, select
<span class="guimenu">Allow other people to write in this folder</span>. To
allow access for people without a user account check <span class="guimenu">Guest
Access</span>.
</p></li><li><p>
Click <span class="guimenu">Create Share</span>.
</p></li><li><p>
If the folder does not already have the permissions that are required
for sharing, a dialog appears. Click <span class="guimenu">Add the permissions
automatically</span>.
</p></li></ol></div><p>
The folder icon changes to indicate that the folder is now shared.
</p><div class="important"><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary="Important: Samba Domain Browsing"><tr class="head"><td width="32"><img alt="[Important]" src="admon/important.png"></td><th align="left">Samba Domain Browsing</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><p>
Samba domain browsing only works if your system's firewall is
configured accordingly. Either disable the firewall entirely or assign
the browsing interface to the internal firewall zone. Ask your system
administrator about how to proceed.
</p></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div class="sect1" title="5.5. Managing Windows Files"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="sec.gnome.network.ad.data"></a>5.5. Managing Windows Files<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#sec.gnome.network.ad.data">¶</a></span></h2></div></div></div><p>
With your openSUSE machine being an Active Directory client, you can
browse, view and manipulate data located on Windows servers. The
following examples are just the most prominent ones:
</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Browsing Windows Files with Nautilus</span></dt><dd><p>
Use Nautilus' network browsing features to browse your Windows data.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Viewing Windows Data with Nautilus</span></dt><dd><p>
Use Nautilus to display the contents of your Windows user folder just
as you would for displaying a Linux directory. Create new files and
folders on the Windows server.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Manipulating Windows Data with GNOME Applications</span></dt><dd><p>
Many GNOME applications allow you to open files on the Windows server,
manipulate them and save them back to the Windows server.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Single-Sign-On</span></dt><dd><p>
GNOME applications, including Nautilus, support Single-Sign-On. This
means that to access other Windows resources, such as Web servers,
proxy servers or groupware servers like MS Exchange, you do not need
to reauthenticate. Authentication against all these is handled
silently in the background using the username and password you
provided on login.
</p></dd></dl></div><p>
To access your Windows data using Nautilus, proceed as follows:
</p><div class="procedure"><ol class="procedure" type="1"><li><p>
Open Nautilus and click <span class="guimenu">Network</span> in the Places pane.
</p></li><li><p>
Double-click <span class="guimenu">Windows Network</span>.
</p></li><li><p>
Double-click the icon of the workgroup containing the computer you want
to access.
</p></li><li><p>
Click the computer’s icon (and authenticate if prompted to do so) and
navigate to the shared folder on that computer.
</p></li></ol></div><p>
To create folders in your Windows user folder using Nautilus, proceed as
you would when creating a Linux folder.
</p></div><div class="sect1" title="5.6. Configuring and Accessing a Windows Network Printer"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="sec.gnome.network.ad.printer"></a>5.6. Configuring and Accessing a Windows Network Printer<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#sec.gnome.network.ad.printer">¶</a></span></h2></div></div></div><p>
Being part of a corporate network and authenticating against a Windows
Active Directory server, you can access corporate resources such as
printers. GNOME allows you to configure printing from your Linux client
to a Windows network printer.
</p><p>
To configure a Windows network printer for use through your Linux
workstation, proceed as follows:
</p><div class="procedure"><ol class="procedure" type="1"><li><p>
Start the GNOME Control Center from the main menu.
</p></li><li><p>
Select <span class="guimenu">Hardware</span>+<span class="guimenu">Printing</span>.
</p></li><li><p>
Select <span class="guimenu">New</span>+<span class="guimenu">Printer</span>.
</p></li><li><p>
Select <span class="guimenu">Network Printer</span>+<span class="guimenu">Windows
Printer via SAMBA</span>.
</p></li><li><p>
Open the SMB Browser with <span class="guimenu">Browse</span> and select a
workgroup, a server and the printer. Either enter the authentication
credentials or choose to be prompted for authentication each time when
accessing the printer. Click <span class="guimenu">Forward</span>.
</p></li><li><p>
Choose the printer's manufacturer and the printer model from the list
and select a driver. The one that is marked with
<span class="guimenu">recommended</span> normally produces the best results.
Proceed with <span class="guimenu">Forward</span> and provide a name, a
description and a location for the printer. Click
<span class="guimenu">Apply</span>.
</p></li><li><p>
Adding a printer requires root privileges, so you must enter the root
password as the final step to adding it.
</p></li></ol></div><p>
To print to the Windows network printer configured above, select it from
the list of available printers.
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