1.6.1 Connecting to Your Network
You can connect to a network with wired and wireless connections. To
view your network connection status, click .
In the area of the main menu, The
icon shows your network
connection status. For example, in the following figure, the computer is
connected to a wired network using an Ethernet connection.
Click the icon to open the YaST Network Settings module. You an use
this module to configure your network setup method or edit your network
card configuration.
1.6.2 Accessing Network Shares
Other network devices, like workstations and servers, can be set up to
share some or all of their resources. Typically, files and folders are
marked to let remote users access them. These are called
network shares. If your system is configured to
access network shares, you can use Nautilus File Manager to access them.
To access network shares, double-click your Home directory icon on the
desktop, then click in the left pane. The
view pane displays the network shares that you can access. Double-click
the network resource that you want to access. You might be required to
authenticate to the resource by providing a username and password.
To access Windows shares, double-click the icon. The Windows shares available to you are
displayed.
Other common network shares are SFTP accessible ressources (SSH File
Transfer Protocol). Double-click the icon of the host you want to a
access and provide the required access data.
For more information, see Section 3.0, Accessing Network Resources.
Adding a Network Place
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Click .
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Select a service type, then specify the required information for your
type of service.
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Specify the name you want displayed for this connection, then click
.
An icon for the network place is added to the desktop.
1.6.3 Sharing Directories From Your Computer
You can make directories on your computer available to other users on
your network.
Enabling Sharing
Use YaST to enable sharing on your computer. In order to enable
sharing, you must have root
privileges and be a member of a workgroup or domain.
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Click .
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In YaST, click .
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In the Windows Domain Membership module, click .
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Click .
Sharing a Directory
If directory sharing is enabled on your computer, use the following
steps to configure a directory to be shared.
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Open the File Manager and browse to the directory you want to share.
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Right-click the directory you want to share, then click
.
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Select the check box, then type
the name you want to use for this share.
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If you want other users to be able to copy files to your shared
directory, select the check box.
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Optionally, type a for the share.
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Click .
