Network neighbors in Linux

Article title: Network neighbors in Linux. Linux is a technology channel of the IT lab in China. Includes basic categories such as desktop applications, Linux system management, kernel research, embedded systems, and open source.
Editor's note: when using the Linux operating system, it is quite troublesome to find other resources in the LAN. However, the four convenient and easy-to-use small software introduced here will make it very easy to find "network neighbors.
　　
Gnomba
　　
This graphic tool allows you to scan SMB-based computers in subnets in different regions. the speed is faster than that of Windows 9X when "network neighbor" is enabled.
　　
In the website region ". To Install an RPM file, right-click the File Manager in X-Window and select "Install. The RPM file size is 166KB, and the compressed package must be unpacked before installation. in the "Terminal" window, we can do this:
　　
Tar-zxf gnomba-0.6.2.tar.gz
Cd gnomba-0.6.2
./Configure
Make
Make install
　　
After successful installation, an executable document gnomba is generated in the/usr/bin directory, double-click it in the document manager or directly type the "gnomba" command in "Terminal" to start the software.
　　
To view other computers on the LAN, you must specify an IP address range for gnomba scanning and click "Preferences" in the "Options" menu, enter the IP address range to be scanned on the right of the frame "Configuration", and click "Add. The "Options" frame can be used to make some initial settings for the program. for example, it can be used to scan the specified IP address range when the program is started. Other settings include font and initial directory selection. Press "OK" to exit the settings.
　　
After selecting a set of IP address ranges, click the "(re) Scan" option in the "File" menu and you will be able to see the computers contained in this set of IP addresses, it can be displayed by working group or host name.
　　
Click the host name on it, and the software will search the shared directory of the host. after clicking the shared directory, the program will load it to the preset directory.
　　
Although the software still has some problems (when loading and detaching directories), its convenient IP address scanning function is worth a try.
　　
LinNeighborhood
　　
As shown in its name, this software is a "network neighbor" graphical tool applied to Linux operating systems. The latest version of the program can be in the website http://www.bnro.de /~ Schmidjo/found, the size is 129KB. The software does not need to be installed. After unpacking, you can directly execute:
　　
Tar-zxf LinNeighborhood-0.6.1.glibc-i386.tar.gz
Cd LinNeighborhood-0.6.1.glibc-i386
./LinNeighborhood
　　
When you run it for the first time, you can click "Preferences" in the "Options" menu for initial settings. on the "Scan" tab, enter the name of the working group and the view mode; on the "Programs" tab, select the correct software version number. because the loading command parameters of different versions are different, failure to select the correct version number may cause loading errors; on the "Miscellaneous" tab, you can also change the default Mount Directory. do not forget to press "Save" before exiting to Save your settings.
　　
Next, you can Add the hosts in the working group to the software. click the fifth icon in the toolbar and enter the host name, working group, and IP address in the "Add Machine" window that appears, after clicking "OK", the host name will be added to the main window of the program. A simpler method is to double-click the penguin in the main window. after a period of scanning, all available resources in the Lan will appear in the main window.
　　
Double-click the corresponding host in the main window to view the resources shared by the host. right-click the directory and select "Mount" to bring up "Mount Dialog ", here, you can also modify the "Mount" operation, such as the Mount point and directory permissions. if the other party's shared resources require a password, enter the corresponding password. You can also mount a shared resource to a different mount point. when there are several users on a computer who want to mount it to their respective "home" directories, this function is very useful. Click "Mount" and you can see the mounted directory in the "Resource" window below. to uninstall the Directory, right-click it and select "Umount, however, the directory used for loading will not be automatically deleted. Note that the application does not support printers.
　　
Tk Samba
　　
This program allows you to easily browse MicroSoft Net through the graphical interface. You can use this program to easily access different working groups, hosts and their shared resources.
　　
In. Decompress the package and use ". /Install command to start the installation program: in the pop-up window, the installation information such as executable files, library files, and fonts is displayed. you can change the default value of the program in the related column. Click "Install" to start installation. If it is correct, the success message of "All OK" will be displayed.
　　
The default installation directory of the executable files of the program is/usr/local/bin. However, I find it interesting that even if you do not perform the previous installation steps, the executable document "TkSmb" in the directory TkSmb-0.9.0 after unpacking can also be started directly. The program must be started in "Terminal" and cannot be opened directly in the file manager by double-clicking the mouse.
　　
Cd/usr/local/bin
./TkSmb
　　
The working window of the program will be opened, and the working groups in the Lan and their computers will be displayed in front of the users one by one.
　　
In the "Groups" window, the names of working Groups are displayed. click on different working Groups to view all the computer Hosts of the working GROUP in the "Hosts in GROUP" on the left, users can click on different computer hosts and shared directories to open the corresponding files. The files in the shared directory are displayed in the "Remote" window. you can click the File on it to Download it to the local host. the downloaded directory can be "Download:. If the Accessed host or file directory requires a Password, you can enter the username and Password in "User:" and "Password.
　　
If you want to load the remote directory to the local host, you can right-click the shared directory and select "Mount" to load it to the download directory. However, the program does not provide an unmount method. even if you exit the program, you can still access remote files on the local host.
　　
XSMBrowser
　　
A graphic interface program integrates a considerable number of practical gadgets, making Unix users quite comfortable with Lan.
　　
Software can be in the author's home page http://www.public.iastate.edu /~ Chadspen/. The current version is 2.4.0. The author provides RPM and gz files, all of which are up or down 40 KB.
　　
The installation process is very simple. I will not detail it here. After the installation is complete, enter "xsmbrowser" in "Terminal" to start the program. There is a row of buttons in the tool column on the main software window, allows you to browse networks, such as forward, backward, stop, and refresh, and check network content in Workgroups, Networs, and Favorites modes. can be activated only after initialization ), its navigation design is like Netscape Navigator.
　　
Similar to LinNeighborhood described earlier, this software is also compatible with all versions earlier than Samba 2.06. However, before loading, you need to click the "Setup" button in the following tool column and select "Mount Options ", click the Smbmount version number used by the system as the default value. When you enter the shared directory of a host in the main window, you can click the "Mount" and "Unmount" buttons at the bottom to load and uninstall the directory items, you can also specify the mount point and select the corresponding Smbmount version. Click Explore to start the mc File Manager to view the corresponding directory. "Save" can store the selected files to a local disk, while the "Tar" button can package the content (including subdirectories) in the current directory, select "Upload" to Upload files to the remote host.