RE: GMC Network

["Fox, Kevin M" <kmfox bhi010 bhi-erc com>]

Maybe an abstraction of the network protocol so that all types, NFS, SMB,
NCP, whatever appear in the same list. Maybe a network://<whatever>

I am glad at last one person agrees with me. :)
I was feeling like a black sheep for a second.
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jorge Gomes Silva [SMTP:jgs@plurimarketing.pt]
> Sent:	Monday, December 28, 1998 11:14 AM
> To:	'gnome-list@gnome.org'
> Subject:	RE: GMC Network
> 
> Yes, windows network browsing is a must. I'm an administrator for a mixed 
> network of NTs, AIX and Linux. One thing I must do a lot of times is
> browse 
> the contents of a NT server's shared directories. For that I just do 
> Start->Run and type "\\<SMB Server>". I'd love to have a way of doing this
> 
> in Gnome and open a GMC window with all the shared directories for a
> server 
> (just like in windows). What about "smb://<SMB Server>" ?
> 
> I'd love to program that but I'm not a very good programmer and I have
> very 
> little time. Besides I'm trying to start another project (CSTA 
> implementation anyone ?).
> 
> Keep up with the good work.
> 
> Thanx.
> 
> On Segunda-feira, 28 de Dezembro de 1998 17:21, Matthew Kirkwood 
> [SMTP:weejock@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk] wrote:
> > On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Fox, Kevin M wrote:
> >
> > > I am on a Winsuck network. :(
> > > If Gnome is to be a replacement to windows, GMC must provide a
> "Network
> > > Neighborhood"
> > > And it must support SMB. Samba would be a good thing to tie into GMC.
> > > Personally I hate SMB compared to NCP but I cant do anything about
> that 
> at
> > > work.
> > > For the enterprises to use Gnome, they must be able to just point and 
> click
> > > there way through the network. Most business people don't know the 
> names of
> > > there servers... They can only remember it if they see it.
> >
> > So write a gnome tool or capplet which can configure autofs and amd and
> > also provide .desktop files and symlinks to such things.  Or, if you
> > /really/ must, incorporate an smb client into gmc.
> >
> > The Gnome people are working very hard and doing a great job.  Please
> > refrain from telling them what they "must" do.  If you need a feature
> > then write it, pay someone to write it, or ask nicely if it might get
> > added to a TODO list somewhere.
> >
> > If you're not prepared to hack then test, post helpfully, or lurk.
> > "Insights" such as your posting help no-one.
> >
> > Matthew.
> >
> >
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