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<sect1 id="ksmbmounterplugin">
<sect1info>

<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Gardner</firstname>
<surname>Bell</surname>
<affiliation><address><email>gbell72@rogers.com</email></address></affiliation>
</author>

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<date>2004-07-14</date>
<releaseinfo>3.10.00</releaseinfo>

<abstract>
<para>The &konqueror; smbmounter plugin is used to mount and unmount
Samba shares over a network.  The programs <command>smbmount</command> and <command>smbumount</command> both have to be
installed suid root, so if you consider this a security issue, disable
this plugin.</para>
</abstract>

<keywordset>
<keyword>KDE</keyword>
<keyword>kdeaddons</keyword>
<keyword>konqueror</keyword>
<keyword>plugins</keyword>
<keyword>smbmounter</keyword>
</keywordset>

</sect1info>

<title>The <acronym>SMB</acronym> Mounter Plugin</title>

<sect2>
<title>Using the <acronym>SMB</acronym> Mounter Plugin</title>

<para>To use the smbmounter, just direct &konqueror; into a samba
share.</para>

<informalexample>
<para> For example, enter
<userinput>smb://<replaceable>host</replaceable>/<replaceable>my_files</replaceable></userinput>
in the &konqueror; <guilabel>Location</guilabel> bar and select
<menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guisubmenu>smbmount</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>current
share</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.  The share
<replaceable>my_files</replaceable> will be mounted under <filename
class="directory">~/smb_network/host/my_files</filename>..  Once the
share has been mounted the <guimenuitem>smbumount current
share</guimenuitem> menu item will become active, so you are able to
unmount the file again.</para>
        </informalexample>
<note>
<para>smbmount is &Linux;-only, so it will not work on other systems.</para>
</note>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Credits</title>

<para>The smbmounter plugin is Copyright &copy;
2002 Alexander Neundorf

<email>neundorf@kde.org</email></para>
</sect2>

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