Search Linux and Windows shares

Kodama · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 9:26 pm Post subject: Search Linux and Windows shares

Does anyone know a good program to search for shared files on the local network?

Features that would be nice:
* Able to ping computers.
* Search for all kind of files, not just mp3's.
* Open and manage shared folders like a filemanager.

nerdbert · l33t Joined: 09 Feb 2003 Posts: 981 Location: Berlin

please correct me if Im wrong...
updatedb should put all files from mounted shares into your db, so you can use locate whateveryoulike
so you do something like

Kodama · Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2003 8:45 am Post subject:

Kodama · Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2003 12:05 pm Post subject:

tgoodaire · Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2003 12:10 am Post subject: Konqueror!

If you're running KDE, you can do most of this with Konqueror (and Samba on the machines that are sharing files). As others have said, the best way to ping machines is with "ping". (Unless you're trying to do something odd that we don't know about)

Galeon can probably do a lot of this stuff too, but I run KDE so I'm not 100)% sure.

Kodama · Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2003 9:16 am Post subject:

Ok, I use LISA with Konqueror now.

But I can only see a few computers when opening LAN browsing. Also I can't access SMB shares, only HTTP and FTP. And I can't see the netbios name, only the host/domain.

I guess I must fix my LISA settings...

Thanks for the help!

tgoodaire · Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 3:17 am Post subject: Lisa

I haven't been able to get smb shares to work with lan browsing in Konqueror either. You can still access the shares like this though:

Kodama · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2003 6:44 pm Post subject:

[whine]
It seems the only practical way to search SMB shares on the LAN; Konqueror with LISa, is unacceptable bad.

Can't call WINS server for list of computers
NetBIOS names don't show
When browsing LAN, SMB shares for a computer don't show, have to write smb://computername
There is no way to tell the search tool to only search in SMB shares, and to avoid password protected shares.
EDIT: Streaming audio and video don't work the way I want it either, it downloads the whole thing first, then play it.

[/whine]

I am going to give it a try writing a better program, not too optimistic though.

gigel · Guru Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 369 Location: .se/.ro

it is not what you've asked for ...but it is a good program
it is xfsamba
p.s.if my post is to offtopic just ignore it,and forgive me

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