# smb

&Alexander.Neundorf;
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2010 &Alexander.Neundorf;
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This handbook describes the smb protocol.

TDE smb protocol

The smb ioslave enables you to browse the shares of a &Windows; (or Samba) network.

To see the workgroups, enter ``smb:/``.

``smb://`a_workgroup` will list the hosts in this workgroup.

To see the shares of a host, enter ``smb://`the_host` or ``smb:/`a_workgroup/the_host` .

To access a share directly enter ``smb://`the_host/the_share` or ``smb:/`a_workgroup/the_host /the_share`

The smb ioslave requires that you have libsmbclient to use this ioslave.

You can set your default user name and password in the &kcontrol; in Network Windows Shares. This is especially useful if you are a member of a &Windows; domain. There you can also set your workgroup name, but in most cases this is not required. The tdeioslave will ask for your username and password if a default is not set.