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Old 12-29-2004
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File Manager?

Another dumb question for you UNIX Guru's. Again I am a very new UNIX user so go easy on me, trying to convert from MSWIN

I have a PC on my desk running Solaris. My PC is connected to a LAN in the office. The LAN then has other systems (celluar switches) connected to it that I can "rsh" into them via a "terminal window" from my PC to execute commmands, look/modify files ect.

I like the file manager program on my PC (I can relate to it as a MSWIN junkie) as it helps me see the directories and file types.

How can I use the "FILE MANAGER" to look at files in other remote systems, like I can using rsh command in a "Terminal Window?

Hope that is not too stupid, I just have not been able to figure it out yet. Thanks... Dereck
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if i understood your problem correclty you maybe want to use samba client or smbmount or shlight to mount from unix your windowses partition and work with those files over network
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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
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You can set up samba to have your unix filesystems mapped just like you would map any other windows share, but given that you havent been introduced to the "-l" switch in the ls command, that may be a daunting task

Don't be intimidated by the command line. It is your friend. If you type into the command line
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ls -l
you will get useful information, such as whether the file is a directory or flat file. You really should read the man page for ls.

Just do a
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man ls
from the command line.
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THX, I know about the man command, and I have used the ls -F switch command.

Where does one learn about samba?
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This one even I can answer:

http://www.samba.org
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