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My N800 is connecting to my home Linksys router and I can surf the Net with no problems. There are shared files on the home XP PCs that I want to access on my N800. How do I do that?

I've tried File Manager on the N800 but I don't see any listing of the shared files/media on the other PCs in my home network. Do I need to install another Linux software like Samba? Is there such a software for the N800?

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i think the samba client will work on the n800, though it was written for the 770 and not included in the bora (n800) repositories.
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There is a custom build of the OS to provide access. See Maemo.org for the available apps.
Someone else might have an idea for gaining access in another way, possibly you could use IIS to provide WebDAV access, but I wouldn't recommend it, unless your good with configuring your Internet Routers Firewall.
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Originally Posted by brendan View Post
i think the samba client will work on the n800, though it was written for the 770 and not included in the bora (n800) repositories.
NO DO NOT install the SAMBA client.
It will not work with the N800 others reported a lot of issues trying to uninstall it I heard that not even apt-get will uninstall it.... instead use CIFS http://maemo.org/maemowiki/HowToAccessWindowsCIFS
 

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eep. didnt know there was such an issue. is there any work on getting samba/samba-client working on the n800? i am running an ssh server and i can scp files around, but i do also have a samba server running for windows clients.
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Why use samba if CIFS is what replaces samba?!?
 
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packages for fedora/redhat make no distinction between SMB/CIFS. if i remember correctly, they were listed together.

as for the n800, installing a samba-client package (if it were available like it is for the 770) seems a ton easier than the cifs config you linked to earlier
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They are not listed together....
Dont get me wrong cifs is just a enhanced version of smb using the smb protocol.... but...
From Fedora Core 6 FAQ..

# Q: I can't access my Windows network shares anymore! People tell me to use the smbmount command, but it doesn't work!
A: Modern version of Fedora Core use a cool new type of Windows file sharing called "The Common Internet File System" (CIFS). Instead of using "smbmount", try:

mount -t cifs //1.2.3.4/share /mnt/somedirectory

For more information about this, in a terminal you can do:

man mount.cifs

Note that CIFS can't resolve Windows computer names, so you're better off using their IP addresses.

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Again you dont need the samba package to use cifs so give it a try is more simpler than you think...
 
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Thanks for pointing me to the wiki re how to Access Windows CIFS. For that I'll need to have Xterm installed. Can soemone point me to the web address where I can tap into the repository for Xterm and other N800 programs? I'm a newbie at Linux and I only have rudimentary knowledge of it from using Ubuntu.
 
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