Before trying connect to a shared folder through the network, you will need to install samba and allow access through your firewall. Fedora 11 does not come with samba and also does not allow samba access through the firewall by default; at least for me.
To install samba just run sudo yum install samba, and then after samba is installed, run sudo service smb start to turn on the smb service. The last step to being able to connect to a shared folder is to enable samba access through the firewall. To do this, first go to System -> Administration -> Firewall. On the trusted services list check off samba and samba-client.
The easiest way to connect to a shared folder on the network is to go to Places -> Network, and then just click your way to where you want to go.
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Very nice, short and sweet! Thanks, worked like a champ for me, and didn’t have to sort through my old Samba cryptology book! I love this type of support that you can only find for linux. I should have switched fully cold turkey years ago …..
hmm …. I got a “failed” message when I tried starting the SMB service
hallvard, is this on fedora 11 or fedora 12? I just tested it out on Fedora 12 and I have no issues.
I have the same issue as hallvard im running fedora 11 and after trying sudo service smb start it says failed
Awesome, I am completely a windows guide and been running Fedora about 2 hours and this guide easily helped me get to my home Windows network.
Thank you,
Great post. Helped me out connecting to Home Server from Fedora 13. Doesn’t make sense to me the firewall would be blocking outbound traffic like this, but oh well.
Great writeup – short, understandable and accurate. Kudos.
One of the best blog i have seen recently..
Thanks! Short, sweet, to the point. Works on Fedora 13 as well.