UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

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

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

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

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
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 from the command line.

THX, I know about the man command, and I have used the ls -F switch command.

Where does one learn about samba?

This one even I can answer:

http://www.samba.org