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MACE1 · Joined: 07 Sep 2011 Posts: 12

Standard access to Windows Server Shares required = SMB.
FTP is available but not used for this.
The above discussion is what is required however as an old discussion, the wary 5.1.1 I have does not appear to be provided with these tools.
As I am very new to all this, I need to know WHAT I should be looking for to easily browse to Windows Network Shares or Linux Shares using puppy wary?

rcrsn51 · Posted: Thu 15 Sep 2011, 07:11 Post subject:

Look in the menus under Network. You should see "Pnethood Samba Shares" and maybe "lameSMBxplorer Samba browser".

MACE1 · Joined: 07 Sep 2011 Posts: 12

I had tried this particular utility before but having entered suitable network credentials for a listed server I got a mounted prompt but did not appreciate I would not then see a shared drive / mount / folder without using the show within the utility. (I've been spoiled by Ubuntu)

Is there a command line component to this which I could utilise to create a script file to mount a series of usual shares for regular access ?
How would I create desktop or similar icons to point to these shares or allow ROX-filer easier access.

In a similar way to the set of console command line scripts I have created and made executable for RDESKTOP to different machines !

Do I assume BASH is the default scripting language for Puppy ?

rcrsn51 · Posted: Thu 15 Sep 2011, 11:36 Post subject:

Have a look at YASSM. It doesn't automount shares at bootup - although that is possible to set up. However, it puts the mount points in your home directory, so they are easier to find with ROX.