Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 11 - GNOME 17-03-2009, Manual

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Accessing Network Resources
From your desktop, you can access files and directories or certain services on remote
hosts or make your own files and directories available to other users in your network.
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop offers the following ways of accessing and creating
network shared resources.
• Network Browsing: Your file manager, Nautilus, lets you browse your network
for shared resources and services. Learn more about this in Section 5.3, “Accessing
Network Shares” (page 105).
• Sharing Folders in Mixed Environments: Using Nautilus, configure your files
and folders to share with other members of your network. Make your data readable
or writable for users from any Windows or Linux workstation. Learn more about
this in
Section 5.4, “Sharing Folders” (page 106).
• Managing Windows Files: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop can be configured
to integrate into an existing Windows network. Your Linux machine then behaves
like a Windows client. It takes all account information from the Active Directory
domain controller, just as the Windows clients do.
• Configuring and Accessing a Windows Network Printer: You can configure
a Windows network printer through the GNOME Control Center. Learn how to
configure this in
Section 5.6, “Configuring and Accessing a Windows Network
Printer” (page 109).
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