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diff --git a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/kcontrol/smb/index.docbook b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/kcontrol/smb/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..0c6c183792a --- /dev/null +++ b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/kcontrol/smb/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,154 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" +"dtd/kdex.dtd" [ +<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> +<!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE" +> <!-- change language only here --> +]> + +<article lang="&language;"> +<articleinfo> + +<authorgroup> +<author +>&Mike.McBride; &Mike.McBride.mail;</author> +<author +>&Jost.Schenck; &Jost.Schenck.mail;</author> +<othercredit role="translator" +><firstname +>Malcolm</firstname +><surname +>Hunter</surname +><affiliation +><address +><email +>malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email +></address +></affiliation +><contrib +>Conversion to British English</contrib +></othercredit +> +</authorgroup> + +<date +>2002-02-12</date> +<releaseinfo +>3.00.00</releaseinfo> + +<keywordset> +<keyword +>KDE</keyword> +<keyword +>KControl</keyword> +<keyword +>Windows shares</keyword> +</keywordset> +</articleinfo> +<sect1 id="windows-shares"> +<title +>Windows Shares</title> + +<sect2 id="windows-shares-intro"> +<title +>Introduction</title> + +<para +>In many small local area networks, the <acronym +>SMB</acronym +> protocol is used to offer network services. Names like <quote +>&Windows; Network</quote +> or <quote +>&Windows; for Workgroups Network</quote +> or <quote +>LanManager</quote +> are often used as well. Using <acronym +>SMB</acronym +> you can access so-called <quote +>shares</quote +> (&ie; folders made available by the server) as well as printers. </para> + +<para +>&kde; comes with built-in support for the <acronym +>SMB</acronym +> protocol. As &kde; is network-transparent that means you can access <acronym +>SMB</acronym +> shares from everywhere you can access your local files, for example in the &konqueror; file manager and in the file dialogue. To make use of this you should provide &kde; with some information on your <acronym +>SMB</acronym +> network. But do not worry, this is normally pretty simple as, for example, all the Windows clients in your network need and have the same information.</para> + +<!-- Don't know if the following info should go in the base +documentation --> + +<!-- this smb-ioslave doesn't support showing a list +of hosts (like e.g. smb:/), for this you need the lan or rlan-ioslave, +very cool thing (TM) btw. If you want to write some documentation for +this one too, have a look at tdenetwork/lanbrowsing/lisa/README and +contact me if you have questions. --> + +<note +><para +>For the <acronym +>SMB</acronym +> protocol to work, it is required to have <application +>Samba</application +> correctly installed. If you have an NT domain controller, you will need at least <application +>Samba</application +> version 2.0 or higher. If you want to access &Windows; 2000 shares, you will need <application +>Samba</application +> version 2.0.7 or higher. Older versions may work too, but have not been tested.</para +></note> + +<!-- TODO: link to some place which explains USING SMB, i.e. konqueror +or file dialog manual --> + +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="windows-shares-use"> +<title +>Use</title> + +<para +>Although there are a lot of insecure <acronym +>SMB</acronym +> networks out there which allow access to anyone, in principle you have to authenticate yourself to access the services of an <acronym +>SMB</acronym +> server. By default, &kde; will use the data entered in the <guilabel +>Default user name</guilabel +> and <guilabel +>Default password</guilabel +> fields to authenticate itself on <acronym +>SMB</acronym +> hosts. If you leave the field <guilabel +>Default user name</guilabel +> empty, &kde; will try to access <acronym +>SMB</acronym +> hosts without a username. If you leave the default password empty, it will try without a password. If &kde; is unsuccessful accessing the host using these settings, you will be asked for a username and a password.</para> + +<important +><para +>While it makes things more comfortable if &kde; stores your <acronym +>SMB</acronym +> password, this may be a security problem. If you are using <acronym +>SMB</acronym +> in a security conscious environment, you should not store your password here but rather enter it anew every time you need to access an <acronym +>SMB</acronym +> host.</para +></important> + +<para +>In the <guilabel +>Workgroup</guilabel +> field, you can enter your workgroup name. If you don't know it, ask your system administrator or have a look at other already configured machines in your network. However, in most cases providing the workgroup name is not required, so you probably can also leave this empty.</para> + +<para +>If the option <guilabel +>Show hidden shares</guilabel +> is checked, shares ending with a <quote +>$</quote +> will be shown.</para> +</sect2> + +</sect1> + +</article>
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