Browse windows networks with Thunar

Hi,
I am running xfce on arch linux, everything up to date I believe. I would like to be able to browse windows networks with the file manager (Thunar). I do not need to share files or even access password protected content. I am simply looking to be able to browse public folders. (Without having to mount anything manually)
I found some instructions for installing samba and fusesmb, but then found a note saying fusesmb doesn't work anymore. A search on that showed that most people seem to be using gigolo now, but there is no wiki page for it, and being a noob I am hesitant to try to mess with it on my own.
If someone could give me very precise instructions on how to do this (samba/gigolo or otherwise, I don't care about the method as long as it's not terribly difficult) I would be very grateful. Thanks!

Ok, I installed samba and smbnetfs and everything looks good, the workgroup shows up in the file manager now. However...
None of the windows computers show up.
I installed exactly as the wiki said, using gamin and smbnetfs but not SWAT. I changed the workgroup to the correct name. Some other setting I might have missed that it needs?

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I recently upgraded my MacBook from Leopard to Snow Leopard. Now I can't browse my home Windows network 90% of the time. None of the machines appear. Worked fine before. Anyone know how to fix what Apple broke?

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Then see this.
See this.
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Connecting iMac to Windows network with domain

i tried to connect my new iMac to the windows network at the office. it would not find the server. any suggestions

johnthompson1993 wrote:
Hi,
To connect, I need to 'configure encryption as AES', which I'm not sure how to do on OS X. Furthermore, after signing in with my college ID I am required to 'Use the domain name [domain name]' and 'configure your browser to use the college proxy servers [example.example.net] on port [123]
The encryption should be configured automatically. To use the proxy:
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Printer disconects from windows networking with Client32

Hi,
I have a printer attached to a Windows 2000 box. It is shared with windows
networking.
I have a remote client that cannot see the shared printer while the IPX
protocol is loadaed.
I unsintall the Novell client, remove the IPX protocol and the printer is
there.
If I reinstall the client, the connection to the printer is lost
Any Idea what may be wrong ??
I tried installing the client only with IPX and IPX/ip and nothing works
Thanks in advance,
ernesto Fox

It is most likely an MS Browser issue.
How is the MS Client configured? IP? IPX? Does the network involve
routers?
We are really moving beyond NW Issues, but I suspect that Different PCs are
becoming master browswer and generating different lists of MS Network
resources.
While potentionally not the most efficient design, you may want to ensure
that IPX is loaded for all of the MS Clients, that the IPX frame-type if
forced on all of the PCs. etc....
Now that recommendation would be to ensure easy browsing of MS resources in
a simple network.
If you can get your hands on some free LPD software for setting up LPR
printers on your Windows 2000 this would be very easy.
W2K ships with the ability to print to LPR but not host LPR printers. XP
comes with both I believe.
http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?12500000037640 is a free copy or LPD
software.
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Yes, Im running Zenworks 2.0 but the strange thing is that it worked for
> a time without any problem.
>
> Suddenly, it cannot see the printer any more. I tried sending to the IP
> but didnt work
>
> I came early today, and everything was fine.No one on the LAN except me.
> Do you think that too much traffic on the LAN may be affecting the
> connection in this way ??
>
> The user didn't call me so far...
>
> I printed for years with Novell and never had an issue. The problem is
> that NPRINTER doesn't for w2k.
>
>
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Ernesto
>
>> Are you running ZENworks? Perhaps this client is pushing down some type
> of
>> Policy prohibiting printer sharing?
>> Can the remote client still see the Workstation in network neighborhood?
>> What happens if you install the Client w/o IPX support on the PC?
>>
>> What happens if the remote client enters
> \\IPADDRESSOF95PCWITHSHAREDPRINTER
>>
>> If he can see it then something may be up with your browser elections.
>>
>> <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I have a printer attached to a Windows 2000 box. It is shared with
> windows
>> > networking.
>> >
>> > I have a remote client that cannot see the shared printer while the IPX
>> > protocol is loadaed.
>> >
>> > I unsintall the Novell client, remove the IPX protocol and the printer
> is
>> > there.
>> >
>> > If I reinstall the client, the connection to the printer is lost
>> >
>> > Any Idea what may be wrong ??
>> >
>> > I tried installing the client only with IPX and IPX/ip and nothing
> works
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance,
>> >
>> > ernesto Fox
>>
>>
>

10.6 breaks resourceforks when used in a (Windows) network with 10.5.8 (?!)

Does this only happen to me ?
a file: filename.txt, which has a resource-fork when copied to a remote windows share (using ntfs filesystem) will not produce a "._filename.txt". However, the resource fork is preserved.
But, when you access this file using a 10.5.x or earlier client, it does not see the resource fork.
The other way around, the same problem appears.
To check this:
try this using a terminal on 10.6:
Create the file:
echo "1234567890" >test.txt
echo "theresourcefork" >test.txt/rsrc
check if the resource fork is ok:
cat test.txt/rsrc
result: theresourcefork
copy the file to the remote share ( in my case: windows 2k3 server) using smb protocol
rename the file to "test1.txt"
copy back to your Mac on 10.6
again check if the resource fork is there:
cat test1.txt/rsrc
result: theresourcefork
Now, go to your 10.5.x Machine
copy test1.txt from the network share to your computer.
check if the resource fork is there:
cat test1.txt/rsrc
result: (empty)
while it is nice, that 10.6 probably uses ntfs streams to preserve the resource fork ( a much smarter behaviour as before with the "._xyz" files), It completely breaks your data if some of it relies on resource forks and you use 10.6 together with older MacOS versions.
The best case is that you cannot open your documents any more on 10.5 or 10.6. All other cases are worse.
Apple should have built in a fallback compatibility or, should have printed a sticker on the CD.
WARNING: Do not use together with earlier versions of the OS in a Windows network !
I have this rather strange behaviour on 2 Machines, but have not checked if other installations have the same problem. But, I did not find anyhting here when I search for "resource AND fork".
Can anyone else try this out if the behaviour is really that destructive ?

Followup:
indeed, 10.6 uses ntfs streams when availible to store metadata.
for a workaround:
http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/m an5/nsmb.conf.5.html
create
/etc/nsmb.conf
contents:
\[default\]
streams=no
close all server connections, reconnect.
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Connecting to a Windows Network with Cisco AnyConnect

Okay so I am beyond stumped here and hope you can help. So I am able to connect to my companies VPN using Cisco AnyConnect with no problem. The network admin can see me in, and I can even access Web based resources. My problem comes when I am trying to ping the domain controller and our DNS server and cannot. In addition when I go to use RDC to connect to our Terminal Server no love.
No for the very weird part. When I do a traceroute to the TS server by name I am getting DNS resolution. So it appears that I am able to hit the DNS server, but not able to ping it for some reason. I have tried everything I can think of short of binding my computer to the network. Any ideas are very welcomed!!!!
Thank you all in advance,
Mike

I am assuming that the windows and Mac appear on the same subnet of your local LAN?
If the PC's are having difficulty finding the Mac and the Mac has a static IP, I would add that listing to your local "hosts" file, the entry would go below your local IP found in that file such as:
127.0.0.1
192.168.1.5 maciscool (where maciscool=NETBIOS name you entered in the Advanced section of Network under WINS), and/or under "Sharing" at the top box entitled "Computer Name:", if it doesn't work with maciscool.local, try removing the ".local" from the computer name. Older versions of whenders had difficulty with upper/lower case machine names, if it is currently lower case, make it UPPERcase.
The local hosts file used to be found under c:\window\system32\drivers\etc, have no ideal where they hid it under Vista but probably the same place.
Windows should search local "hosts" file before going to WINS, before going to DNS, since you most likely don't have a Windows domain with a WINS server it won't look there and of course it won't find computers on your local LAN via DNS, so by adding those to your local hosts it acts as a mini DNS server to resolve machine names and addresses.

Open browser window function with additional attributes/behaviors

Just let me say, writing JavaScript is not my forte. Having said that I am comfortable using JavaScript functions.
I have a need for a single JavaScript function that does several things. The script will be called from within a Captivate project. (If you are familiar with Captivate, you know that the JavaScript call needs to be a single string with no spaces or breaks.)
The script will be used as a Captivate “click box” behavior to open a URL in a window on top of the main (Captivate) project. There may be multiple click boxes present at the same time (in the Captivate Project).
Here is what the script needs to do:
1)    Open a new browser window of a specific size with specific browser attributes. (This is the easy part, like MM_openBrWindow().)
2)    The (new) window (focus) needs to always stay on top of the parent window until it is closed. (The new window will always be smaller than the parent window that spawned it and will always float in front of it.)
3)    If other (different) URLs are called, they replace the contents of the new window. (There shouldn’t be multiple windows floating above the main, parent window.)
I don’t like having to take this kind of control of the browser away from the user, but this content is part of a e-Learning course and needs to restrict the user while they are in the lesson.
If anyone has any pointers to tutorials or have already worked with this type of script, I'd like to hear from you. I have had some success doing this using a standard HTML page using separate functions, but combining the functionality in a single script has eluded me.
Thank you for your time,
TPK

Thank you David,
This is very close to what I need. When I test this on a standard HTML page it works flawlessly. It is an excellent bit of work.
When I try in integrate it into a Captivate 3 project using a "click box behavior" to call the JavaScript, it runs into a little trouble. The main part of the script works just fine: It is the “return document.MM_returnValue” piece that Captivate has problems.
For example:
When I use the JavaScript in a standard HTML page the URL string looks like this:
<a href="http://www.mywebsite.com" title="MyTest Window" onclick="dpSmartLink(this.href,'newWin',800,600,'z:z','sc');return document.MM_returnValue">Test link</a>
In Captivate I have to structure the call a little different. I can't use the href= piece, so I that part into the first parameter.
My Steps:
I embed the actual function in the HTML page used as a shell for the swf file.
In the Captivate Project file, on the slide where I want to call this function, I:
Create a click box.
For action I select “JavaScript”. (When the user clicks the "click box", execute javascript.)
The script call is written like this:
javascript:dpSmartLink('http://www.mywebsite.com','newWin',800,600,'z:z','sc');return document.MM_returnValue;
What I get is a script error that refers to:
Error: ‘return’ statement outside of function
Code: 0
I seem to be missing a means to close the cunction so that the script appears to be one iten rather than two separate items. (I'll be 'fiddling' with it to see if I am missing something simple and am just not seeing it.)
I realize that this script was not created with Captivate in mind, and that Captivate imposes rather severe restrictions on what can be called using Javascript.
Do you have any ideas as to how I might script the return statement so that it is within the parentheses given what I have described (above)?
On another note, I think this will be a very nice addition to LMS courseware that I develop using standard HTML and Javascript. Thank you again for this fine script.
TPK

Using a Mac on windows network with a proxy server

Hi I’m very new to Macs to apologies if this is a really silly question. I’m
trying to setup a Mac on our network and I’m having an issue getting it to work
properly with our proxy server. I have connected the Mac to the network and
selected automatic proxy configuration in the network settings using the URL of
our Pac file. I am asked for a proxy username and password when I initially try and
access a website but once I have entered my credentials they are saved in
keychain and anyone coming after me can browse using my account. I work in a
hospital so there are many different people accessing different devices. We
monitor and trace all users internet browsing so my question is can I configure
the Mac to ask for proxy credentials for different users? On our windows devices
a login box will appear if the browser has been closed and reopened. Can I do
this with the Mac?????
Any help you can offer will be very much appreciated.
Thanks

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Cannot browse Windows networks in Leopard

In Tiger, I could click the Network icon and get the Windows domains listed for me. Of course, there was an issue in that it would only show the first 1500+ domains, ending somewhere in the Ms when I needed the Ts but at least I could browse the many and varied domains we have here.
Now, I find no option or way to browse the Windows domains. I can choose Connect to server from Finder but if I choose Browse, it only takes me to the standard Finder window with no network means to really browse.
Overall, I like Leopard but there are some definite steps backward. Any ideas on how I can browse the Windows domains or is this another feedback item for Apple?
Thanks,

Nope, I see 2 IP addresses...querying _MSBROWSE_ on 192.168.1.255
192.168.1.34 _MSBROWSE_<01>
192.168.1.46 _MSBROWSE_<01>
mac-C2D:~ jacquelinemirmohamadsadeghi$ smbclient -g -p 139 -NL 192.168.1.46 -U%
session request to 192.168.1.46 failed (Called name not present)
session request to 192 failed (Called name not present)
Domain=[MSHOME] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
clirpc_pipeopen: clintcreate failed on pipe \srvsvc to machine 192.168.1.46. Error was NTSTATUS_ACCESSDENIED
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Server|QUAD-BUSTER|Magic pc
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Sharing printers and files in a windows network with Mac OS 9.1

We've just installed an old iMac with Mac OS 9.1 in the office.The network is made up of 2 windows PCs and this new iMac, connected through a D-link wireless router. We have a USB printer connected to one of the PC's and it's shared by the rest.
Anyway, I have very little experience with Mac OS and I want the iMac to use the printer as well as share files with the other PCs. Could anyone help me with a "foolproof" guide on how to do this? Thanks

Followup:
indeed, 10.6 uses ntfs streams when availible to store metadata.
for a workaround:
http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/m an5/nsmb.conf.5.html
create
/etc/nsmb.conf
contents:
\[default\]
streams=no
close all server connections, reconnect.
Message was edited by: nobody loopback

With Safari 5.1, I have to re-login after I close the browser window

After I upgraded to Safari 5.1 from the previous version, I noticed some changes that I do not like. Whenever I close the Safari browser window and later open it up again, I have to re-login to all websites that require login (such as ebay, Facebook, my Yahoo). With the previous version of Safari, this only happened when I quit Safari and reopened the application afterwards. With the new version, I even have to set my default location on Google Maps every time after I close the browser window. With the previous Safari version, that didn't even happen after I quit out of it. Another thing I noticed is that the browsing history starts listing again after I close a window, even though Private Browsing remains checked.
Is there a setting I can change to avoid having to re-login every time I close a window ? Or is this a feature of Safari 5.1 that cannot be changed ?

If you have Private Browsing enabled, that's why you aren't staying logged into websites. Same with Google maps.
Private Browsing doesn't "remember" AutoFill information.
Click History in the menu bar then click: Clear History

Submit form with response in new browser window

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Many thanks for your help on this Paul. I decided to go with the hostContainer approach despite my reservations. Here's a simplified version of my servlet. This version simply parrots back the XML in a separate browser window. I hope this helps someone.
package ca.jlangdon.sampleservlets;
import java.io.*;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
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                out.println("<form id='myForm' method='post' action='.' target='_blank'>");
                out.println("<textarea id='myTextArea' name='myTextArea'></textarea>");
                out.println("</form></body></html>");
        public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, java.io.IOException {
                try {
                        String strExtract = request.getParameter("myTextArea");
                        response.setContentType("text/xml");
                        PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
                        out.println(strExtract);
                catch (Exception e) {
My form is called FulfillmentGenerator, and it's stored in the root of the web app. On it there's a button with this javascript on the click event:
var oDoc = event.target;
var strData = xfa.datasets.data.resolveNode("AnnuityFulfillmentPackage").saveXML("pretty");
var strings = [strData];
try {
oDoc.hostContainer.postMessage(strings);
catch (ex) {
xfa.host.messageBox("Error while posting a message to the container: " + ex);

Open Browser Window Error

I use the Open Browser Window behavior with the <A>
onClick attribute for many images and text links on my site. Works
fine, UNTIL the page gets updated via a change on the main
template. Then the link gives me a javascript error. To fix I have
to pull up each page, open the behavior, OK to save and then resave
the page. No changes made, the code does not appear to change, but
then it works. As my site grows this is becoming more and more of a
nusiance to remeber to "fix" every page that has such behaviors on
it.
I have search the forum, but didn'[t come across a similiar
error. Has anyone seen this. Is there a fix
Thanks!

This means that your template does not contain the required
javascript for
the OpenBrowserWindow behavior in the head of the page. If it
did, then
every child page would contain the necessary code, and you
wouldn't have to
do the song and dance that you are doing.
Make sure it goes in a NON-EDITABLE region of the template
page.
The downside to this is that each page gets the code
(admittedly it's a
small bite) whether it needs it or not....
So - what you should do is open the particular page that has
just broken,
run through your procedure again (which writes the required
code into the
head of the page, and then copy that code (from
<script...> though
</script>), and paste it into the template page in the
same location. When
you save the template page, all child pages will be updated.
There's one nagging problem here, though. If the procedure
you describe is
working without error, then it is also true that DW is
writing that markup
into an EDITABLE region of the head of the page. If that's
the case, then
WHY IS A TEMPLATE UPDATE OVERWRITING THIS? I don't know -
would need to see
your page to know for sure....
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>I use the Open Browser Window behavior with the <A>
onClick attribute for
>many
> images and text links on my site. Works fine, UNTIL the
page gets updated
> via a
> change on the main template. Then the link gives me a
javascript error. To
> fix
> I have to pull up each page, open the behavior, OK to
save and then resave
> the
> page. No changes made, the code does not appear to
change, but then it
> works.
> As my site grows this is becoming more and more of a
nusiance to remeber
> to
> "fix" every page that has such behaviors on it.
>
> I have search the forum, but didn'[t come across a
similiar error. Has
> anyone
> seen this. Is there a fix
>
> Thanks!
>

Adobe Reader in browser window disappearing-need help

I have created a word document (WD1) containing links to other word documents (WD2, WD3, etc). I then turned WD1 into a .pdf file. I then upload this .pdf file to a web page. I go to this webpage and click the link to open the WD1.pdf file. When I click the WD1.pdf link on the webpage, a new browser window opens with Adobe reader in it displaying WD1.pdf. so far so good. Now when I click on the links to WD2 or WD3, these links open in Word and the correct files display, but the browser window containing WD1.pdf file disappears (thats the best way to describe it) and the first webpage is still open.
What I am trying to achieve is to have the second browser window stay open so the trainees using this web page will be able to click on the other references on the .pdf to get to all of the links without having to re-open it each time.
I have Researched in help and web forums, the only reference I can find is to uncheck the box next to Open cross-documents in the same window in preferences in Adobe. Which I have done and restarted my computer. I also noticed a preference show each document in its own window which is checked.
Here is the other rub, I have a desktop computer (OS is XP) and a laptop (OS is vista). I have Adobe 8.1.2 installed on both. The laptop with vista works the way I would like. But the desktop computer with XP does not. I did have Adobe 7.0.9 on the desktop but when it did do what I wanted I upgraded to 8.1.2 and it still isnt working. The real problem is that most of the trainees will be using their work computers with XP. I dont know even know if there is any significance in this observation or not. But thought I would throw it out there.
Does anyone have any suggestions of things I could try or know of any solutions? Please help.

There is a technology on Labs called BrowserLab that is designed to assist with browser compatibility. Is this question regarding BrowserLab or is the question more general?

Maximize and closing browser window

Hi all.
I have two problems.
I'm running a form in separateframe =true. I want to maximize the browser window. How can I do this???
The second problem: how can I close the browser window? I have create a post-form trigger and I put this code: web.show_document('JavaScript:window.close();','_self');
but nothing appens. Is there someone that can help me???
Thank you all,
Fabrizio

For closing the browser window after closing a form you need to create an html file with the following code in it.
for Internet Explorer:
<html>
<body onload="closeit()">
<script>
function closeit()
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</script>
</body>
</html>Place this file where Oracle HTTP server can read (virtual directory) and call in in a post form trigger with web.show_document.
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