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Configuring Shortcuts to Network Folders
By creating shortcuts to remote network folders (FTP, WebDAV, Windows Network
Drives, and SSH), interacting with them can be greatly simplified. Learn how to
configure this in
Section 9.6, “Configuring Shortcuts to Network Folders” (page 162).
Configuring a Small Web Server
If you need a simple way to share information with others, set up a lean Web
server. Learn how to do this in
Section 9.7, “Configuring and Using a Small Web
Server” (page 164).
9.1 General Notes on File Sharing and
Network Browsing
Whether and to which extent you can use file sharing and network browsing on your
machine and in your network highly depends on the network structure and on the con-
figuration of your machine. Before setting up either of them, contact your system ad-
ministrator to make sure that your network structure supports this feature and to check
whether your company's security policies permit it.
Network browsing, be it SMB browsing for Windows shares or SLP browsing for remote
services, relies heavily on the machine's ability to send broadcast messages to all clients
in the network. These messages and the clients' replies to them enable your machine to
detect any available shares or services. For broadcasts to work effectively, your machine
must be part of the same subnet as all other machines it is querying. If network browsing
does not work on your machine or the detected shares and services do not match with
what you expected, contact your system administrator to make sure that you are con-
nected to the appropriate subnet.
To allow network browsing, your machine needs to keep several network ports open
to send and receive network messages that provide details on the network and the
availability of shares and services. The standard SUSE Linux Enterprise is configured
for tight security and has a firewall up and running that protects your machine against
the Internet. To adjust the firewall configuration, you would either need to ask your
system administrator to open a certain set of ports to the network or to tear down the
firewall entirely according to your company's security policy. If you try to browse a
network with a restrictive firewall running on your machine, Konqueror warns you
about your security restrictions not allowing it to query the network.
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