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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<section version="5.0" xml:id="diskdrake--smb"
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  <info>
    <title xml:id="diskdrake--smb-ti1">Access Windows (SMB) shared drives and
    directories</title>

    <subtitle>diskdrake --smb</subtitle>

  </info>

  <para/>

  <section>
    <title>Introduction</title>

    <para>This tool<footnote>
        <para>You can start this tool from the command line, by typing
        <emphasis role="bold">diskdrake --smb</emphasis> as root.</para>
      </footnote> allows you to declare which shared directories to be
    accessible to all users on the machine. The protocol used for this is SMB
    which has been popularized on Windows(R) systems. The shared directory
    will be available directly at boot. Shared directories can be also
    accessed directly in a single session by a user with tools such as file
    browsers.</para>

    <para>Before starting the tool, it is a good idea to declare the names of
    available servers, for example with <xref linkend="drakhosts"/></para>
  </section>

  <section>
    <title>Procedure</title>

    <para>Select <guibutton>search servers</guibutton> to obtain a list of
    servers who share directories.</para>

    <para>Click on the server name and on &gt; before the server name to
    display the list of the shared directories and select the directory you
    want to access.</para>

    <para>The <guibutton>Mount point</guibutton> button will become available,
    you have to specify where to mount the directory.</para>

    <mediaobject>
      <imageobject>
        <imagedata fileref="diskdrake--smb2.png"/>
      </imageobject>
    </mediaobject>

    <para>After choosing the mount point, it can be mounted with the
    <guimenu>Mount button</guimenu>. You can also verify and change some
    options with the <guibutton>Options</guibutton> button.</para>

    <para>In options, you can specify the user name and the password of those
    able to connect to the SMB server. After mounting the directory, you can
    unmount it with the same button.</para>

    <mediaobject>
      <imageobject>
        <imagedata fileref="diskdrake--smb3.png"/>
      </imageobject>
    </mediaobject>

    <mediaobject>
      <imageobject>
        <imagedata fileref="diskdrake--smb4.png"/>
      </imageobject>
    </mediaobject>

    <para>After accepting the configuration with the Done button, a message
    will ask "Do you want to save the /etc/fstab modifications". Saving, will
    allow directory to made available at each boot, if the network is
    accessible. The new directory is then available in your file browser, for
    example in dolphin.</para>

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      <imageobject>
        <imagedata fileref="diskdrake--smb5.png"/>
      </imageobject>
    </mediaobject>

    <para/>

  </section>
</section>