Sharing and exchanging documents is a must-have in corporate
environments. Dolphin offers you file sharing with Samba, which makes
your files and folders available to both Linux and Windows users. For
information on how to install and set up Samba, refer to
Kapitel Samba (↑Referenz). After you have installed Samba and set
up a server, you can configure the folders to share with Dolphin. Dolphin
then writes its configuration to a paragraph in the main Samba
configuration file at /etc/samba/smb.conf
.
Procedure 5.1. Configuring Samba File Shares with Dolphin
Open Dolphin.
Select
, right-click the window background and then select from the context menu.
In the root
password.
To enable or disable file sharing, select or deselect
.Select the appropriate sharing option:
or .To limit the number of users allowed to share folders to certain groups, click
, select , click , and select the appropriate group from the list in the window that opens. Click to close that window.In the
dialog, add the folder to share to the list of shared items by clicking at the bottom of the dialog and specifying the folder's exact path.Activate
to enable Samba file sharing. If needed, apply some fine-tuning to the Samba options:Specify a name other than the preset default.
Determine which kind of access to grant others to your share. You can grant users full read and write access or limit their access to read-only.
Apply your settings and leave the file sharing dialog with
.The folder now appears in Dolphin with a globe icon.
To revoke the share, enter the file sharing dialog again and remove the folder from the list of shared items. The folder then appears without a globe icon.
Other members of your network can reach your share by entering
smb:/
in the location bar of Dolphin and clicking
the appropriate workgroup icon and hostname.
![]() | Samba Domain Browsing |
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Samba domain browsing only works if your system's firewall is configured accordingly. Either disable the firewall entirely or assign the browsing interface to the internal firewall zone. Ask your system administrator about how to proceed. This procedure is described in more detail in Section “Configuring a Linux Client for Active Directory” (Chapter 5, Active Directory Support, ↑Security Guide). |