# SMB

&Alexander.Neundorf; &Alexander.Neundorf.mail;

The smb ioslave enables you to browse the shares of a &Windows; (or Samba) network.

To see the workgroups, enter ``smb:/``.

``smb://`a_workgroup` will list the hosts in this workgroup.

To see the shares of a host, enter ``smb://`the_host` or ``smb:/`a_workgroup/the_host`.

To access a share directly enter ``smb://`the_host/the_share` or ``smb:/`a_workgroup/the_host/the_share`

The smb ioslave requires that you have libsmbclient to use this ioslave.

You can set your default user name and password in the &kcontrol; in Network Windows Shares. This is especially useful if you are a member of a &Windows; NT domain. There you can also set your workgroup name, but in most cases this is not required. The kioslave will ask for your username and password if a default is not set.

This ioslave is tested and developed using mainly Samba 2.0.7, but other versions of Samba should work too.

Author: Alexander Neundorf neundorf@kde.org