Editing Accessing DFS (section)

= Samba =

You will need to have <code>smbclient</code> installed in your repo's packages.

== Through the terminal ==
We will be using the "smbclient" utility to download from the DFS server. This is a command line utility.

Open a terminal and type the following (substitute ROSE-USERNAME with your username):

<code>smbclient //rose-hulman.edu/DFS -U ROSE-USERNAME@rose-hulman.edu</code>

then press ENTER.

Note the '''forward slashes''' instead of the backslashes. If you want to use backslashes in the terminal, note that a single backslash (\) is an escape character. So, to type one backslash (which you can also do), type \\. To type two backslashes, type \\\\.

Then type in your password and press ENTER.

Wait up to 2 minutes for the <code>smb: \></code> prompt to appear. If it doesn't show up within 2 minutes, try logging out and logging back in again. It may take a few tries (probably because the SMB share doesn't do a good job of responding to connections).

Otherwise, try one of the fixes listed here: [[#smb:_.5C.3E_prompt_still_not_showing_up]].

Once you're connected, you can type help and get a list of commands to use.

For example, you can use "cd" to move around the virtual file system, "ls" to see what files are available in the current directory, "pwd" to see which directory you're in, and "get" to download a file from the Samba server.

Source: [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Samba/SambaClientGuide#Samba_Client_-_Manual_Configuration Ubuntu Samba Client Guide]

== Through a GUI ==

=== KDE ===

==== Initial setup ====

Open the Dolphin file browser.

On the left hand side, find the "Networks" entry (should have a globe icon). Single click on it. In the list of network options in the middle, double click on "Add Network Folder".

Click Microsoft(R) Windows(R) network drive, then click "Next >".

In the text boxes that show up, type the following:

Name: [any name you want, e.g. Rose-Hulman DFS]. This '''cannot be blank''' because KDE expects this if you want to save the connection in your file browser for easy access later.

Server: rose-hulman.edu

Folder: dfs

Check "Create an icon for this remote folder" if you want easy access to it later.

Click "Save & Connect".

==== Logging in ====

Username should be ROSE-USERNAME@rose-hulman.edu (substitute ROSE-USERNAME for your actual username).

Leave the domain at WORKGROUP (you don't need to change this).

Password is your Rose network password.

Click Connect.

After a few seconds, inside of Dolphin, you should see a list of folders, including Software.

You can now copy and paste files like you would on a normal file browser.