NAME
TkSmb - SMB (Samba and Windows) network browser
SYNOPSIS
TkSmb [ -display display ] [ -geometry geometry ]
DESCRIPTION
TkSmb is a graphical interface to smbclient and as such it allows you browse a Windows (or Samba) network to access different workgroups, hosts, and shares on it, mount this shares.
OPTIONS
- -display
-
which DISPLAY to use
- -geometry
-
dimensions of TkSmb window
CONFIGURATION
TkSmb uses two configuration files - a global one /etc/tksmbrc and a per-user one ~/.tksmbrc.
The per-user configuration file overrides any setting in the global file. A sample per-user file is in /usr/share/doc/tksmb/examples/tksmbrc. The various settings are:
- USERNAME
-
Your username on the SMB network
- C_GROUP
-
The name of your workgroup/domain.
- C_HOST
-
The name of your domain server.
- netbiosname
-
Your machine's SMB name.
- BROADCAST
-
Your IP broadcast address - ifconfig should tell you.
- DOWNLOAD
-
Where to download files to.
- MountRoot
-
The directory to mount remote machines on using smbmount.
- mountparams
-
Any options to be passed to smbmount.
- timeout
-
How long to wait for network operations (default is 30 seconds).
- font
-
Which font to use (default is "fixed").
- password
-
Default password
- H_PASS_HOST password
-
Password for host HOST.
- SH_PASS_HOST_SHARE password
-
Password for share SHARE on host HOST.
CAVEATS
Storing plaintext passwords in ~/.tksmbrc is a really bad idea. At the very least, make the file non-readable by anyone but yourself (chmod 0600 ~/.tksmbrc).
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
Ivan Volosuk <[email protected]>