Sharing Directories From Your Computer; Accessing Floppy Disks, Cds, Or Dvds; Section 1.7, "Accessing Floppy Disks, Cds, Or Dvds - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP1 - GNOME 23-05-2007 Manual

1.6.3 Sharing Directories from Your Computer

You can make directories on your computer available to other users on your network.
Enabling Sharing
Use YaST to enable sharing on your computer. In order to enable sharing, you must have root
privileges and be a member of a workgroup or domain.
1 Click Computer > More Applications > System > YaST.
2 In YaST, click Network Services > Windows Domain Membership.
3 In the Windows Domain Membership module, click Allow Users To Share Their Directories.
4 Click Finish.
Sharing a Directory
If directory sharing is enabled on your computer, use the following steps to configure a directory to
be shared.
1 Open the File Manager and browse to the directory you want to share.
2 Right-click the directory you want to share, then click Sharing Options.
3 Select the Share this folder check box, then type the name you want to use for this share.
4 If you want other users to be able to copy files to your shared directory, select the Allow other
people to write in this folder check box.
5 (Optional) Type a comment, if desired.
6 Click Create Share.

1.7 Accessing Floppy Disks, CDs, or DVDs

To access floppy disks, CDs, or DVDs, insert the medium into the appropriate drive. For many types
of removable media, a File Manager window pops up automatically when the media is inserted or
attached to the computer. If File Manager does not open, double-click the icon for that drive to view
the contents.
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