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Old 12-29-2004
dereckbc dereckbc is offline
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OK I am ignorant. What is samba client or smbmount or shlight?

I will try to explain myself better. I have a stand alone PC running Unix Solaris 8 I think. On the bottom of the terminal is a bar that contains ICONS for a clock, screen1, screen2, screen3, screen4, File Manager, and Trash.

When I click on the File Manage I can see all the directories and files in a window type like environment which I can navigate fairly much like explorer or WIN file manager.

My PC is networked to other PC and servers. I can open a terminal window on my PC and "rsh <other server name> to access another server or PC. However I have to use a command line to navigate and work with files.

Since I am new to Unix, I cannot tell a text file from a directory or executable by using the "ls" command. Very confusing, and the File Manager has helped me with files on my PC and understand the structure.

So I want to know if it is possible to use the File Manager on remote systems from my PC, and if so how do I do it?

THX Dereck