1<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN"> 2<html> 3 4<head> 5 6<title>BeServed File Access Instructions</title> 7</head> 8 9<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> 10<table border="0" width="600"> 11 <tr> 12 <td valign="top" width="170" height="400"><br><br></td> 13 <td valign="top" width="430"> 14 <img src="images/beserved_title.gif" width="217" height="72" border="0"> 15 <table border="0" width="430"> 16 <tr> 17 <td> 18 <table width="430" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="0" bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> 19 <tr> 20 <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> <b>Using the My Network Application</b></font></td> 21 </tr> 22 </table> 23 <table width="430" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"> 24 <tr> 25 <td><img src="/images/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0"></td> 26 </tr> 27 </table> 28 <font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><br><br> 29 The My Network application is installed by default into your applications folder. 30 It is used to view the computers on your network that are sharing their files using 31 BeServed.<br><br> 32 To access the files on a remote computer, launch the My Network application by 33 double-clicking the icon in the applications folder. When the program appears, you 34 should see a list of the other computers on your network running the BeServed server. 35 If you do not see the computer(s) you expect, make sure it is running the server 36 application described in <a href="sharing.htm">Sharing Your Files with Others</a>.<br><br> 37 Once you find the computer you're looking for, double-click its entry in the list 38 to display the list of shared folders that computer is making available. If you do 39 not see the shared folder you are looking for, check the settings on the remote 40 computer to ensure it is properly configured to share its files.<br><br> 41 <a href="images/mynetwork.jpg"><img src="images/mynetwork_thm.jpg" width="250" height="291" border="0"></a> 42 <br><br> 43 The My Network application is shown above. Several remote computers are 44 displayed. One computer is displayed with a fully qualified domain name, others have 45 simple host names, and one computer is shown with an IP address only. The address is 46 shown when a host name cannot be determined by consulting a DNS server or the local 47 /etc/hosts file.<br><br> 48 <a href="images/mynetworkshares.jpg"><img src="images/mynetworkshares_thm.jpg" width="250" height="255" border="0"></a> 49 <br><br> 50 Double-clicking on a specific computer opens another window displaying the folders 51 that are shared on that computer. The window above shows a single shared folder 52 called <i>Linux Home Folders</i>.<br><br> 53 Once you have the shared folder you're looking for, double-click on it. That folder 54 will open in a Tracker window just as though the files were local to your machine. 55 At this point, you can browse through the remote file share using Tracker or the command 56 terminal. Aside from performance, it should be transparent that you are accessing files 57 on another computer.<br><br> 58 If the remote computer has been configured to authenticate users against the BeSure 59 authentication server, you will be prompted for a user name and password before being 60 allowed to work with any of the files, and consequently, before the Tracker window 61 appears.<br><br> 62 <a href="images/loginpanel.jpg"><img src="images/loginpanel_thm.jpg" width="150" height="87" border="0"></a> 63 <br><br> 64 You can obtain information on any of the computers listed in the MyNetwork window, including 65 other names (aliases) that computer can be referenced by, the IP address(es) of the computer, 66 the type of hardware platform, the operating system, and number of active connections. To 67 view this information on a computer in the list, simply highlight the desired computer, then 68 click the <i>About this Computer</i> button.<br><br> 69 <a href="images/AboutComputer.jpg"><img src="images/AboutComputer_thm.jpg" width="170" height="214" border="0"></a> 70 <br><br> 71 </font> 72 </td> 73 </tr> 74 <tr> 75 <td> 76 <table width="430" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="0" bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> 77 <tr> 78 <td><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> <b>Using Terminal</b></font></td> 79 </tr> 80 </table> 81 <table width="430" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"> 82 <tr> 83 <td><img src="/images/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0"></td> 84 </tr> 85 </table> 86 <font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"><br><br> 87 You can also find computers and mount remote shared folders from the command line. 88 Two programs, <i>lshosts</i> and <i>mounthost</i> are provided for that purpose. 89 Both are installed in the BeOS shared bin folder (typically /boot/home/config/bin), 90 and should consequently be in your path.<br><br> 91 To obtain a list of computers on your network running the BeServed server application, 92 type <pre>lshosts</pre> on the command line and press Enter. A list of computers will 93 be displayed by their network host name. The computers are listed in the order they 94 respond to your query. To view the shared folders exported on any host, simply append 95 the host name to the lshost command. For example, to view the shared folders on a 96 remote computer named "beos" you would type <pre>lshosts beos</pre><br> 97 To mount a shared folder to a folder on your local computer, you use the mounthost command. 98 The syntax of this command is:<br><br> 99<pre>mounthost [-t] <i>host:shared_folder</i> [on] <i>path</i></pre><br> 100 Example: 101<pre>mounthost beos:BootDir /boot/home/bootdir</pre><br> 102 The <i>-t</i> option is used only when the server you access requires authentication. 103 Normally, you will receive a simple prompt at the terminal window asking for your user name, 104 then your password. However, if you are using the mounthost command from within a shell 105 script, you may not have a terminal window in which to type. In this case, using the <i>-t</i> 106 option displays the Tracker login panel displayed above.<br> 107 </font> 108 </td> 109 </tr> 110 </table> 111 </td> 112 </tr> 113 <tr> 114 <td> </td> 115 <td valign="top"><hr> 116 117 <p><font size="1" face="verdana, arial, helvetica">Copyright � 2001 Teldar Corporation. 118 All rights reserved.<br> 119 If you experience difficulties using this site, please contact <a href="mailto:webmaster@teldar.com">webmaster@teldar.com</a>.</font></p> 120 </td> 121 </tr> 122</table> 123</body> 124</html> 125
