How to directly access files on windows network

[Shu Hung (Koala)]

On 3/9/06, kauer at ethz <kauer at biplane.com.au> wrote:
>
> Hi there.
>
> This is probably a really silly question but how do I directly access
> files on a windows network (I'm  not a windows person).
>
> In the file browser I can navigate to a windows share and see the files
> in it. If I see (say) a text file and want to open it in vi, how do I do
> that?
>
> The "Properties" for the file say it is "smb://host/file", but vi rather
> predictably can't handle that :-)
>
> Is there a trick to this, or do I have to go back to what I did
> pre-Ubuntu and use smbmount?
>
> Regards, K.



Hello Kauer,

I think you are using Gnome to mount the Windows Network.
Actually, "smb://host/file" is not valid for the entire linux system.
The path is only valid for Gnome and Gnome based programs.

In other word, you cannot "vi" that remote file directly.

Meanwhile, there is *no way* to *edit* a remote file directly by
*just using gnome*. If you want to read a text file directly, you
may use gedit. Gedit can open anything in "Place" menu in
*read-only* mode.

To directly edit a remote file, you need to use smbmount
directly.


Regards,
Koala Yeung
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