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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.kde.manage.html" title="Part II. Managing Files and Resources"><link rel="prev" href="cha.okular.html" title="Chapter 4. Viewing PDF Files and Other Documents with Okular"><link rel="next" href="cha.kerry.html" title="Chapter 6. Searching with Kerry"></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.kdeuser.html">KDE User Guide</a><span class="breadcrumbs-sep"> > </span><a href="part.kde.manage.html">Managing Files and Resources</a><span class="breadcrumbs-sep"> > </span><strong><a accesskey="p" title="Chapter 4. Viewing PDF Files and Other Documents with Okular" href="cha.okular.html"><span>◀</span></a> <a accesskey="n" title="Chapter 6. Searching with Kerry" href="cha.kerry.html"><span>▶</span></a></strong></p></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="chapter" title="Chapter 5. Accessing Network Resources"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="cha.network"></a>Chapter 5. Accessing Network Resources<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#cha.network">¶</a></span></h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="cha.network.html#sec.network.general">5.1. General Notes on File Sharing and Network Browsing</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="cha.network.html#sec.network.accshare">5.2. Accessing Network Shares</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="cha.network.html#sec.network.smbshare">5.3. Sharing Folders in Mixed Environments</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="cha.network.html#sec.network.ad.data">5.4. Managing Windows Files</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="cha.network.html#sec.network.netattach">5.5. Configuring Shortcuts to Network Folders</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="cha.network.html#sec.network.kpf">5.6. Configuring and Using a Small Web Server</a></span></dt></dl></div><a class="indexterm" name="idx.files.shared"></a><a class="indexterm" name="id393901"></a><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 various different
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 managers, Dolphin or Konqueror, let you browse your network
for shared resources and services. Learn more about this in
<a class="xref" href="cha.network.html#sec.network.accshare" title="5.2. Accessing Network Shares">Section 5.2, “Accessing Network Shares”</a>.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Sharing Folders in Mixed Environments</span></dt><dd><p>
Using Dolphin or Konqueror, configure your files and folders to share
with other members in 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.network.html#sec.network.smbshare" title="5.3. Sharing Folders in Mixed Environments">Section 5.3, “Sharing Folders in Mixed Environments”</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 Windows clients do. Learn more about this in
<a class="xref" href="cha.network.html#sec.network.ad.data" title="5.4. Managing Windows Files">Section 5.4, “Managing Windows Files”</a>.
</p></dd></dl></div><div class="note"><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary="Note: Network Share Support in Dolphin"><tr class="head"><td width="32"><img alt="[Note]" src="admon/note.png"></td><th align="left">Network Share Support in Dolphin</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><p>
Dolphin is KDE 4's default file manager and most of the network functions
described in this chapter are already integrated. However not all of them
might work flawlessly—if in doubt, try using Konqueror instead.
</p></td></tr></table></div><div class="sect1" title="5.1. General Notes on File Sharing and Network Browsing"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="sec.network.general"></a>5.1. General Notes on File Sharing and Network Browsing<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#sec.network.general">¶</a></span></h2></div></div></div><p>
Whether and to what 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 match with what you expected, contact your system
administrator to make sure 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 up and
running that protects your machine against the Internet. To adjust the
firewall configuration, you would either need to ask your system
administrator to open a certain set of ports to the network or to tear
down the firewall entirely according to your company's security policy.
If you try to browse a network with a restrictive firewall running on
your machine, Dolphin warns you about security restrictions not allowing
it to query the network.
</p></div><div class="sect1" title="5.2. Accessing Network Shares"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="sec.network.accshare"></a>5.2. Accessing Network Shares<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#sec.network.accshare">¶</a></span></h2></div></div></div><a class="indexterm" name="id348046"></a><a class="indexterm" name="id382216"></a><p>
Networking workstations can be set up to share folders. Typically, files
and folders are marked to let remote users access them. 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 and browse
them just as easily as if they were located on your local machine. Having
read or write access to the shared folders depends on the permissions
granted to you by the owner of the shares.
</p><p>
<a class="indexterm" name="id382241"></a>
To access network shares, start Dolphin and click the
<span class="guimenu">Network</span> icon in the <span class="guimenu">Places</span> panel or
enter <span class="command"><strong>remote:/</strong></span> in the location bar. Dolphin then opens
a virtual folder that displays the network share types that you can
access. Click a network resource type then click the network share to
access. You might be required to authenticate to the resource by
providing a username and password.
</p><div class="figure"><a name="fig.network.browse"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 5.1. Network Browsing</b><span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#fig.network.browse">¶</a></span></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject"><table border="0" summary="manufactured viewport for HTML img" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="75%"><tr><td><img src="images/networkplaces.png" width="100%" alt="Network Browsing"></td></tr></table></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"></div><div class="sect1" title="5.3. Sharing Folders in Mixed Environments"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="sec.network.smbshare"></a>5.3. Sharing Folders in Mixed Environments<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#sec.network.smbshare">¶</a></span></h2></div></div></div><a class="indexterm" name="id333930"></a><p>
Sharing and exchanging documents is a must-have in corporate
environments. Dolphin offers you file sharing with Samba, which makes
your files and folders available to both Linux and Windows users. For
information on how to install and set up Samba, refer to
Chapter <i>Samba</i> (↑Reference). After you have installed Samba and set
up a server, you can configure the folders to share with Dolphin. Dolphin
then writes its configuration to a paragraph in the main Samba
configuration file at <code class="filename">/etc/samba/smb.conf</code>.
</p><div class="procedure" title="Procedure 5.1. Configuring Samba File Shares with Dolphin"><a name="id394399"></a><p class="title"><b>Procedure 5.1. Configuring Samba File Shares with Dolphin</b></p><ol class="procedure" type="1"><li><p>
Open Dolphin.
</p></li><li><p>
Select <span class="guimenu">Home</span>, right-click the window background and
then select <span class="guimenu">Properties</span> from the context menu.
</p></li><li><p>
In the <span class="guimenu">Properties</span> dialog, click the
<span class="guimenu">Share</span> tab. If file sharing is not yet enabled, you
are alerted to this on the tab. To enable file sharing or select the
files to share, click <span class="guimenu">Configure File Sharing</span> and
enter the <code class="systemitem">root</code> password.
</p></li><li><p>
To enable or disable file sharing, select or deselect <span class="guimenu">Enable
Local Network File Sharing</span>.
</p><div class="figure"><a name="id381451"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 5.2. Enabling File Sharing</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject"><table border="0" summary="manufactured viewport for HTML img" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="75%"><tr><td><img src="images/share_select_folder.png" width="100%" alt="Enabling File Sharing"></td></tr></table></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"></li><li><p>
Select the appropriate sharing option: <span class="guimenu">Simple
Sharing</span> or <span class="guimenu">Advanced Sharing</span>.
</p></li><li><p>
To limit the number of users allowed to share folders to certain
groups, click <span class="guimenu">Allowed Users</span>, select <span class="guimenu">Only
users of a certain group are allowed to share folders</span>, click
<span class="guimenu">Choose Group</span>, and select the appropriate group from
the list in the window that opens. Click <span class="guimenu">OK</span> to close
that window.
</p></li><li><p>
In the <span class="guimenu">File Sharing</span> dialog, add the folder to share
to the list of shared items by clicking <span class="guimenu">Add</span> at the
bottom of the dialog and specifying the folder's exact path.
</p><div class="figure"><a name="id392726"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 5.3. Detailed Sharing Options</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject"><table border="0" summary="manufactured viewport for HTML img" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="35%"><tr><td><img src="images/share_select_specify.png" width="100%" alt="Detailed Sharing Options"></td></tr></table></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"></li><li><p>
Activate <span class="guimenu">Share with Samba</span> to enable Samba file
sharing. If needed, apply some fine-tuning to the Samba options:
</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><span class="guimenu">Name</span>
</span></dt><dd><p>
Specify a name other than the preset default.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span class="guimenu">Public/Writable</span>
</span></dt><dd><p>
Determine which kind of access to grant others to your share. You
can grant users full read and write access or limit their access to
read-only.
</p></dd></dl></div></li><li><p>
Apply your settings and leave the file sharing dialog with
<span class="guimenu">OK</span>.
</p><p>
The folder now appears in Dolphin with a globe icon.
</p><div class="figure"><a name="id324259"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 5.4. Shared Folder: Music</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject"><table border="0" summary="manufactured viewport for HTML img" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="75%"><tr><td><img src="images/share_success.png" width="100%" alt="Shared Folder: Music"></td></tr></table></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"><p>
To revoke the share, enter the file sharing dialog again and remove the
folder from the list of shared items. The folder then appears without a
globe icon.
</p></li></ol></div><p>
Other members of your network can reach your share by entering
<code class="filename">smb:/</code> in the location bar of Dolphin and clicking
the appropriate workgroup icon and hostname.
</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. This procedure is described in more detail in
Section “Configuring a Linux Client for Active Directory” (Chapter 5, <i>Active Directory Support</i>, ↑Security Guide).
</p></td></tr></table></div></div><div class="sect1" title="5.4. Managing Windows Files"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="sec.network.ad.data"></a>5.4. Managing Windows Files<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#sec.network.ad.data">¶</a></span></h2></div></div></div><a class="indexterm" name="id310994"></a><p> With your openSUSE machine being an Active Directory client as
described in Section “Configuring a Linux Client for Active Directory” (Chapter 5, <i>Active Directory Support</i>, ↑Security Guide), 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 Dolphin</span></dt><dd><p>
Use Dolphin's <code class="filename">smb:/</code> browsing option to browse
your Windows data.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Viewing Windows Data with Dolphin</span></dt><dd><p>
Use Dolphin 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 KDE Applications</span></dt><dd><p>
KDE applications, such as the Kate text editor, allow you to open
files on the Windows server, manipulate them, and save them to the
Windows server.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Single-Sign-On</span></dt><dd><p>
KDE applications (including Dolphin) support Single-Sign-On, which
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 after you provide your username and
password on login.
</p></dd></dl></div><div class="procedure" title="Procedure 5.2. Accessing Windows Data with Dolphin"><a name="id392680"></a><p class="title"><b>Procedure 5.2. Accessing Windows Data with Dolphin</b></p><ol class="procedure" type="1"><li><p>
Press <span class="keycap">Alt</span>+<span class="keycap">F2</span> and enter <code class="filename">smb:/</code> or start Dolphin and
enter <code class="filename">smb:/</code> in the location bar.
</p><p>
Dolphin displays all Samba workgroups and domains that could be found
in your network.
</p></li><li><p>
Click the icon of the workgroup or domain of your AD server.
</p><div class="figure"><a name="id342572"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 5.5. Browsing Data on the AD Server</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject"><table border="0" summary="manufactured viewport for HTML img" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="75%"><tr><td><img src="images/ad_server_browse.png" width="100%" alt="Browsing Data on the AD Server"></td></tr></table></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"></li><li><p>
Click the <span class="guimenu">Users</span> folder and select your personal user
folder icon. The contents of your <span class="guimenu">My Documents</span>
folder are displayed.
</p></li></ol></div><p>
To create folders in your Windows user folder using Dolphin, proceed as
you would when creating a Linux folder:
</p><div class="procedure"><ol class="procedure" type="1"><li><p>
Right-click the background of the Dolphin folder view to open the menu.
</p></li><li><p>
Select <span class="guimenu">Create New</span>+<span class="guimenu">Folder</span>.
</p></li><li><p>
Enter the new folder's name when prompted to do so.
</p></li></ol></div><p>
To create a file on the AD server, proceed as described in the following
example for the KWrite text editor.
</p><div class="procedure"><ol class="procedure" type="1"><li><p>
Press <span class="keycap">Alt</span>+<span class="keycap">F2</span> and enter <span class="command"><strong>kwrite</strong></span>.
</p></li><li><p>
Enter your text.
</p><div class="figure"><a name="id420119"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 5.6. Editing a Text File with KWrite</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject"><table border="0" summary="manufactured viewport for HTML img" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="75%"><tr><td><img src="images/ad_kwrite_remote.png" width="100%" alt="Editing a Text File with KWrite"></td></tr></table></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"></li><li><p>
To save the newly created text, select <span class="guimenu">Save as</span>.
</p></li><li><p>
Click the <span class="guimenu">Network</span> icon in the
<span class="guimenu">Places</span> view and select <span class="guimenu">SMB
Shares</span>.
</p><div class="figure"><a name="id302356"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 5.7. Saving a File to a Remote Windows Folder</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject"><table border="0" summary="manufactured viewport for HTML img" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="75%"><tr><td><img src="images/ad_kwrite_save.png" width="100%" alt="Saving a File to a Remote Windows Folder"></td></tr></table></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"></li><li><p>
Navigate to your Windows folder.
</p></li><li><p>
Enter the filename and click <span class="guimenu">Save</span>.
</p><p>
The file is saved on the Windows server.
</p></li></ol></div><p>
Make use of Dolphin's Single-Sign-On support, as in the following
example—Web access to your MS Exchange mailbox:
</p><div class="procedure"><ol class="procedure" type="1"><li><p>
Make sure that you have a valid MS Exchange account under your current
Windows user identity.
</p></li><li><p>
Request the Exchange server's address from your system administrator.
</p></li><li><p>
Press <span class="keycap">Alt</span>+<span class="keycap">F2</span> and enter
<span class="command"><strong>dolphin <code class="option">http://<em class="replaceable"><code>address_exchange_server</code></em></code></strong></span>.
</p><p>
You are logged in to your Exchange account without having to
reauthenticate.
</p><div class="figure"><a name="id392776"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 5.8. Accessing MS Exchange through Dolphin</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject"><table border="0" summary="manufactured viewport for HTML img" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="75%"><tr><td><img src="images/ad_exchange.png" width="100%" alt="Accessing MS Exchange through Dolphin"></td></tr></table></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"></li><li><p>
Write or read your e-mails and log out as usual.
</p></li></ol></div></div><div class="sect1" title="5.5. Configuring Shortcuts to Network Folders"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="sec.network.netattach"></a>5.5. Configuring Shortcuts to Network Folders<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#sec.network.netattach">¶</a></span></h2></div></div></div><p>
With KNetAttach, you can also add new network folders to this view by
clicking <span class="guimenu">Add a Network Folder</span> in a Dolphin
<code class="filename">remote:/</code> view. A wizard opens where you can select
the type of network folder to access and enter the details, such as a
name for the network folder, the address of the server (either the IP
address or domain name), the login name, the port, and the path to folder
to access.
</p><div class="figure"><a name="fig.network.knetattach"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 5.9. Adding a Network Folder</b><span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#fig.network.knetattach">¶</a></span></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/knetattach.png" width="100%" alt="Adding a Network Folder"></td></tr></table></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"><p>
After finishing, you can access the network share in Dolphin by clicking
<span class="guimenu">Network</span> in the <span class="guimenu">Places</span> panel.
</p><p>
If you add a network folder in this way, you can also access this folder
easily when opening or saving a file from a KDE application. If you click
<span class="guimenu">Network</span> in the left-hand bar of an <span class="guimenu">Open
File</span> or a <span class="guimenu">Save File</span> dialog, the network
folder you added appears.
</p><div class="tip"><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary="Tip: Linking to Network Shares on the Desktop"><tr class="head"><td width="32"><img alt="[Tip]" src="admon/tip.png"></td><th align="left">Linking to Network Shares on the Desktop</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><p>
For quick access to network shares, you can also create links to these
resources on your desktop. To do so, select the desired resource in
Dolphin and drag it onto your desktop while keeping the left mouse
button pressed. From the context menu, select <span class="guimenu">Icon</span> or
<span class="guimenu">Folder View</span> to either display the folder as icon or
in the folder view, directly displaying the contents of the directory.
</p></td></tr></table></div></div><div class="sect1" title="5.6. Configuring and Using a Small Web Server"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="sec.network.kpf"></a>5.6. Configuring and Using a Small Web Server<span class="permalink"><a alt="Permalink" title="Copy Permalink" href="#sec.network.kpf">¶</a></span></h2></div></div></div><a class="indexterm" name="id347511"></a><p>
Kepas is a file transfer utility that lets you transfer files (or other
contents such as Klipper or KNotes entries) to your friends. You can also
use it to set up and monitor a small public file server. To use Kepas,
install the <code class="systemitem">kepas</code> package with
YaST or zypper. You can then either add Kepas as widget to your KDE 4
desktop or run Kepas from the system tray, both provide the same
functions.
</p><div class="important"><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary="Important: Security Considerations"><tr class="head"><td width="32"><img alt="[Important]" src="admon/important.png"></td><th align="left">Security Considerations</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><p>
When setting up a public file server with Kepas, there are no access
restrictions to shared files. Whatever you select for sharing is
available to anyone.
</p><p>
Before doing so, check with your system administrator whether your
company's security policies allow to set up a public file server. Also
in a private environment, you should only set up a public file server if
your network is protected by an outer firewall. Otherwise you risk
accidentally leaking sensitive information to the Web.
</p><p>
In addition to that, any Web server is a potential target for hackers.
</p></td></tr></table></div><p>
Kepas is designed to be used for sharing files with friends, not to act
as a fully-fledged Web server like Apache. Kepas is the successor of kpf
that was primarily conceived as an easy way to share files with others
while chatting on IRC (Internet Relay Chat, or chat rooms).
</p><div class="procedure" title="Procedure 5.3. Setting Up a Public File Server with Kepas"><a name="id330043"></a><p class="title"><b>Procedure 5.3. Setting Up a Public File Server with Kepas</b></p><p>
To add Kepas to your system tray, press <span class="keycap">Alt</span>+<span class="keycap">F2</span> and enter
<span class="command"><strong>kepas</strong></span>. If you want to add a Kepas widget to your
desktop instead, proceed as outlined in
<a class="xref" href="cha.kde.cust.html#proc.kde.cust.desk.add.widgets" title="Procedure 3.2. Adding Widgets to the Desktop">Procedure 3.2, “Adding Widgets to the Desktop”</a>.
</p><ol class="procedure" type="1"><li><p>
To set up a file server, left-click the Kepas widget (or right-click
the Kepas icon in the system tray) and select <span class="guimenu">Public Server</span>+<span class="guimenu">New Server</span>.
</p></li><li><p>
Specify the directory containing the files you want to share then click
<span class="guimenu">Next</span>. Typically the <code class="filename">public_html</code>
folder in your home directory is designed for that purpose.
</p><div class="important"><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary="Important: Public Availability of Sensitive Information"><tr class="head"><td width="32"><img alt="[Important]" src="admon/important.png"></td><th align="left">Public Availability of Sensitive Information</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><p>
When sharing a directory, <span class="emphasis"><em>all</em></span> files in the
directory and its subdirectories are made publicly available,
including hidden files (files that start with a dot) and symbolic
links.
</p><p>
Be careful not to share sensitive information, such as passwords,
cryptographic keys, your address book, or documents private to your
organization. Make sure that any symbolic links included do not point
outside your published folder, because that would give others access
to areas of your system that are not intended for public viewing.
</p></td></tr></table></div><div class="informalfigure"><div class="mediaobject"><table border="0" summary="manufactured viewport for HTML img" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="50%"><tr><td><img src="images/kepas_seldir.png" width="100%"></td></tr></table></div></div></li><li><p>
You can keep the default values for the <span class="guimenu">Listening
Port</span>, the <span class="guimenu">Bandwidth Limit</span> and the
<span class="guimenu">Server Name</span> in the next steps (they can also be
altered later, if needed).
</p></li><li><p>
Click <span class="guimenu">Finish</span> to publish the availability of the
newly created file server in the network.
</p></li></ol></div><p>
To make a file available to people with whom you are chatting online,
just copy the file into your <code class="filename">public_html</code> folder and
announce to those listening that your file is now available at
<code class="filename">http://<em class="replaceable"><code>servername</code></em>:8001/<em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></code>
(rather than sending them each an e-mail with the file attached).
</p><p>
To display an overview of all contents published on your public file
server, the others only need to enter the following URL into their
browsers:
<code class="filename">http://<em class="replaceable"><code>servername</code></em>:8001</code>.
</p><div class="figure"><a name="id406509"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 5.10. Published Contents</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject"><table border="0" summary="manufactured viewport for HTML img" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="60%"><tr><td><img src="images/kepas_connect.png" width="100%" alt="Published Contents"></td></tr></table></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"><p>
To revoke the public file server, right-click the system tray icon (or
left click the Kepas widget) and select <span class="guimenu">File
Server</span>+<span class="guimenu">Configured Server</span>+<span class="guimenu">Remove</span>. If you want to change the file
server settings (like port, bandwidth limit, server name or if to follow
symbolic links or not), instead select <span class="guimenu">File
Server</span>+<span class="guimenu">Configured Server</span>+<span class="guimenu">Settings</span> from the context menu to access
the configuration dialog.
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