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Re: File Manager

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On Sun, 30 Aug 2015 21:44:57 +0100, mick wrote:

> On 30/08/2015 21:26:57, DaveG wrote:
>> On Sun, 30 Aug 2015 14:49:27 +0000, mick wrote:
>>
>>> Have been looking for a file manager equivalent to Directory Opus on
>>> Windows.
>>> 
>>> Krusader came close with nice user interface but viewing panels not to
>>> my liking.
>>> 
>>> Now I have just found what could be the holy grail, 4Pane, dual
>>> vertical tree and folder panes which can be changed to horizontal
>>> view, the way I like to work, or single tree and file pane.
>>> Preferred layouts can be saved as templates.
>>> http://www.4pane.co.uk/index.html
>>> 
>>> 
>> I can see why, as a new user and your use-case of a file manager on
>> Windows, but it's just looks overly complex and "cluttered" to me.
>>
>> I suppose, as a user who switched to FreeBSD when 4.3 was the latest
>> release many years ago, I've learned to use the individual GUI and
>> command line tools available and so don't have the need for a single
>> all-
>> singing, all-dancing file manager.
>>
>> On the other hand, it does bring a lot of complex tasks under one roof
>> and makes the basics of those complex tasks accessible with a
>> relatively shallow learning curve,  I'm glad you found something you
>> feel comfortable with but it's not for me :-)
> 
> I don't know how to configure it to see my LAN :-(

You don't.  You configure the OS to see the LAN and then the programmes 
will see what the OS sees.

What are you trying to do?  See file shares?  Windows shares?

Oh, hang on, I just looked and it has it's own device/share mounting 
system.  At a guess there';; be something weird in the way it sees 
Windows shares or Windows is expecting something weird.

What Linux are you using and does the normal desktop "see" the Windows 
shares?

I have Windows shares available but 4Pane isn't showing anything in the 
drop down boxes to configure it using it's own built-in system.

You'll need to do this before you do anything else...

sudo apt-get install cifs-utils

If that install stuff then you it's stuff you need.  If it doesn't, you 
already had it.  CIFS is what Windows sharing protocol is called, aka 
samba.

create a directory eg /usr/home/mick/windows

then do 

sudo mount.cifs //server/media /media/dave/windows/ -o user=dave

where "server" is your //server name /media is the name of the share and 
/media/dave/windows is where it will be mounted.  -o user=dave is where 
"dave" is the windows user name you will connect with.

You can use smbclient -L server -U dave (server name and username as 
appropriate for you) to get a list of share names, 

eg  

dave@laptop:~/Desktop$ smbclient -L server -U dave
Enter dave's password: 
Domain=[X] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.6.25]

	Sharename       Type      Comment
	---------       ----      -------
	media           Disk      Films, Tv, Music, Photos
	home            Disk      Home Dir for dave on server
	stuff           Disk      Other Stuff
	IPC$            IPC       IPC Service (Server)
Domain=[X] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.6.25]

	Server               Comment
	---------            -------
	SERVER               Server

	Workgroup            Master
	---------            -------
	X                    SERVER

It ALWAYS asks for a password, just press enter if you use a blank 
password.

Try not to get confused when sudo asks for the local root password though!

If the windows end is set up properly "home" should map to the correct 
users home dir based on the credentials you give.

Here's a couple of web pages with info.  Some, all or a combination of 
the two should do what you need.  Use your Google-fu grasshopper.

http://www.howtogeek.com/176471/how-to-share-files-between-windows-and-
linux/?PageSpeed=noscript

http://www.howtogeek.com/168115/mount-a-windows-shared-folder-on-linux-
with-samba/?PageSpeed=noscript

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File Manager mick <no.spam@junk.mail> - 2015-08-30 14:49 +0000
  Re: File Manager DaveG <nospam@nospam.net> - 2015-08-30 20:26 +0000
    Re: File Manager mick <nospam@junk.mail> - 2015-08-30 21:44 +0100
      Re: File Manager DaveG <nospam@nospam.net> - 2015-08-31 00:10 +0000
        Re: File Manager mick <nospam@junk.mail> - 2015-08-31 12:43 +0100
        Re: File Manager mick <nospam@junk.mail> - 2015-08-31 21:22 +0100
          Re: File Manager DaveG <nospam@nospam.net> - 2015-08-31 21:18 +0000
            Re: File Manager mick <nospam@junk.mail> - 2015-09-01 01:02 +0100
              Re: File Manager DaveG <nospam@nospam.net> - 2015-09-01 07:45 +0000

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