x filemanager

[Joshua Pincus]

Hi there,

> 
> What Unix are you using?

FreeBSD 2.2.7.

> 
> Linux supports Samba shares being mounted as a file system. Other Unicies,
> alas, aren't as easy to write support file systems for, and as such probably
> don't include this support. Irix may get it very soon, however, as should
> Solaris.

I've heard of smbmount.  I wonder if there is such a thing for FreeBSD?  
It might be in the 3.0 source tree.

Thanks,
JP
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joshua Pincus [mailto:jp012d at uhura.cc.rochester.edu]
> Sent: Monday, September 21, 1998 4:35 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: x filemanager
> 
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> I've got two questions, and I'll list them in order of importance.  (1) Is 
> there a way, or is there any research/development going into unearthing a
> way, 
> to mount a samba filesystem like any other filesystem under UNIX?
> 
> And (2), does anyone know of a good X filemanager?  What I would really 
> like to do is be able to mount a Samba directory or resource and treat 
> it like any other directory.  That way, I could get away from the FTP-like
> interface and be able to browse it with a graphical filemanager.
> 
> Thanks,
> JP
> 
> -- 
> Joshua Pincus
> BS Computer Science, May '99
> University of Rochester:	jpincus at acm.org
> Jackson Laboratory:			jsp at jax.org
> 


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Joshua Pincus
BS Computer Science, May '99
University of Rochester:	jpincus at acm.org
Jackson Laboratory:			jsp at jax.org