Re: exploring a M$ network

2005-10-16 Thread John Oxley
On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 07:34:30AM +0100, Joe Mc Cool wrote: But, how do I avail of the M$ disk spaces, printers etc ? Is samba (under the sarge) the way to go and if so what do I need to know about the M$ network in order to proceed ? Smb4K works beautifully if you're running KDE system.

Re: exploring a M$ network

2005-10-14 Thread Marty
Joe Mc Cool wrote: The college I work for is an M$-only shop :-( I don't know if it is XP, or 2000 or whatever. I can plug my beloved sarge notebook into the network and use firefox etc no problem. But, how do I avail of the M$ disk spaces, printers etc ? Is samba (under the sarge) the way

Re: exploring a M$ network

2005-10-14 Thread Adam Porter
Konqueror is one of the easiest ways to go. Install samba and konqueror (yeah, if you're on GNOME, that means all of KDE...but it really makes it easy to use), and put smb:// in the location bar. Assuming you have no network or firewall problems, it will let you quickly and easily browse the

exploring a M$ network

2005-10-13 Thread Joe Mc Cool
The college I work for is an M$-only shop :-( I don't know if it is XP, or 2000 or whatever. I can plug my beloved sarge notebook into the network and use firefox etc no problem. But, how do I avail of the M$ disk spaces, printers etc ? Is samba (under the sarge) the way to go and if so what