[gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread walt
On 10/02/2009 09:00 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: waltw41...@gmail.com writes: On 10/02/2009 01:56 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: Do we have tools other than Konqueror that are aware of smb/UNK addressing? The gnome desktop allows transparent browsing of network shares by typing the URL network:/// in

[gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Harry Putnam
walt w41...@gmail.com writes: [...] Well, it sounds like you know more about the subject than I do, but do you know about smbmount that comes as part of samba? Seems to me like that's what you're asking for. I had forgotten about smbmount but that too is not the same as being able to cd

[gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread walt
On 10/03/2009 05:55 AM, Paul Hartman wrote: On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Harry Putnamrea...@newsguy.com wrote: Do we have tools other than Konqueror that are aware of smb/UNK addressing? Before you answer please note that: I know about ssh I know about fuse I know about mount -tcifs I'd

[gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Harry Putnam
Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com writes: Emacs is said to be able to do this using tramp but I haven't ever gotten it to work. Konqueror can do it... but I don't run kde, and don't really want to fiddle with it in that direction. Midnight Commander can do it. Haa, there is an

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Sebastian Beßler
Am 03.10.2009 17:31, schrieb Harry Putnam: Haa, there is an old time tool... what do I need to use in `eix' to find it. `eix midnight' fails as does `eix commander' metat...@darkstation ~ $ eix -S midnight * app-misc/mc Available versions: 4.6.1-r4 4.7.0_pre1 (~)4.7.0_pre2

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Samstag 03 Oktober 2009 17:27:19 schrieb Harry Putnam: I started my computer life on linux 1996.. automounting is somewhat new in linux... it was not commonly used when I started out. Hmm, Not commonly used, don't know. First versions of autofs date back to April 97, amd is much older, I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Samstag 03 Oktober 2009 17:31:28 schrieb Harry Putnam: `eix midnight' fails as does `eix commander' Does it have a different name in portage? No, it has the same name as everywhere: mc ;-) Bye... Dirk

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Hi, I really wonder about this discussion. This tool can do it, that tool can do it, the other one, too. WTF? Just mount the damn share and _EVERY_ tool can access it. So what? Bye... Dirk

[gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread walt
On 10/03/2009 08:27 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: ... It takes only creating shares to offer thru samba, for cygwin bash to be able to navigate them with cd //host/share. No mounting, or if there is, I didn't have to specifically configure it. Smb is native to windows... so maybe that is the

[gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Harry Putnam
Dirk Heinrichs dirk.heinri...@online.de writes: Hmm, Not commonly used, don't know. First versions of autofs date back to April 97, amd is much older, I think. So no, automounting is NOT new in Linux, it's there for over a decade now. At nearly 70, I can call a decade `fairly recent'. I

[gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Harry Putnam
Dirk Heinrichs dirk.heinri...@online.de writes: Hi, I really wonder about this discussion. This tool can do it, that tool can do it, the other one, too. WTF? No problem, don't read it. Just mount the damn share and _EVERY_ tool can access it. So what? Settle down bub... you're not in a

[gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Harry Putnam
Dirk Heinrichs dirk.heinri...@online.de writes: Am Samstag 03 Oktober 2009 17:31:28 schrieb Harry Putnam: `eix midnight' fails as does `eix commander' Does it have a different name in portage? No, it has the same name as everywhere: mc ;-) Dirk, Your wisacre additions are really starting

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Samstag 03 Oktober 2009 20:10:30 schrieb Harry Putnam: Dirk Heinrichs dirk.heinri...@online.de writes: Hmm, Not commonly used, don't know. First versions of autofs date back to April 97, amd is much older, I think. So no, automounting is NOT new in Linux, it's there for over a decade

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Samstag 03 Oktober 2009 20:16:48 schrieb Harry Putnam: No, it has the same name as everywhere: mc ;-) Dirk, Your wisacre additions are really starting to wear on me. Have you been on a binge or something... and need a few days rest. 1) You've seen the smiley? 2) You got the package

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Samstag 03 Oktober 2009 20:14:16 schrieb Harry Putnam: Dirk Heinrichs dirk.heinri...@online.de writes: I really wonder about this discussion. This tool can do it, that tool can do it, the other one, too. WTF? No problem, don't read it. That's really hard to do :) Bye... Dirk

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Paul Hartman
On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 10:31 AM, walt w41...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/03/2009 05:55 AM, Paul Hartman wrote: On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Harry Putnamrea...@newsguy.com wrote: Do we have tools other than Konqueror that are aware of smb/UNK addressing? Before you answer please note that:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Paul Hartman
On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com wrote: Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com writes: Emacs is said to be able to do this using tramp but I haven't ever gotten it to work. Konqueror can do it... but I don't run kde, and don't really want to fiddle with

[gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Harry Putnam
walt w41...@gmail.com writes: [...] Nifty, I didn't know that. Amazing what mc can do. Couple of points that are not obvious in case Harry wants to try mc: it needs to be compiled with the samba USE flag set; and you access your samba shares using the Right or Left dropdown menus at the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Neil Walker
Harry Putnam wrote: Dirk Heinrichs dirk.heinri...@online.de writes: Hmm, Not commonly used, don't know. First versions of autofs date back to April 97, amd is much older, I think. So no, automounting is NOT new in Linux, it's there for over a decade now. At nearly 70, I can

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Neil Walker
Harry Putnam wrote: If it had the same name everywhere... Paul Hartman wouldn't have called it `Midnight Commander' would he. So it has at least 2 names Jesus bud, lighten up or quit the thread, if it getting to be too much for you. It has one name - Midnight Commander - BUT is

[gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Harry Putnam
Neil Walker n...@ep.mine.nu writes: Linux is much older than 1997... Not at all. [...] I really meant unix... where most of linux cmds and base tools comes from. But as people do unix/linux is often thought of as one kind of thing. [...] Hmm. Most of the people who used (actually, played

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Samstag 03 Oktober 2009 20:59:50 schrieb Harry Putnam: I never liked mc even in the old days... So you actually knew mc before? (cd /#smb:host/share) Again, another tool, another syntax. Once you simply mount the share, the path will be the same no matter what tool you use to browse

[gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-02 Thread walt
On 10/02/2009 01:56 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: Do we have tools other than Konqueror that are aware of smb/UNK addressing? Before you answer please note that: I know about ssh I know about fuse I know about mount -tcifs I'd really like to be able to use UNK addressing from the cmd line. cd

[gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-02 Thread Harry Putnam
walt w41...@gmail.com writes: On 10/02/2009 01:56 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: Do we have tools other than Konqueror that are aware of smb/UNK addressing? Before you answer please note that: I know about ssh I know about fuse I know about mount -tcifs I'd really like to be able to use UNK