Comments on: Quick-Launch Network Connections and Shares with ALT-F2 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/11/08/quick-launch-network-connections-and-shares-with-alt-f2/ Enhancing your Ubuntu experience! Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:29:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alexei Znamensky http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/11/08/quick-launch-network-connections-and-shares-with-alt-f2/#comment-3010 Alexei Znamensky Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:01:28 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=498#comment-3010 I didnt end my sentence :-o) I was going to say: Other than that, it's a neat way of accessing the remote hosts :-) oh, yeah ;-) I didnt end my sentence :-o )

I was going to say:

Other than that, it’s a neat way of accessing the remote hosts :-) oh, yeah
;-)

]]> By: Alexei Znamensky http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/11/08/quick-launch-network-connections-and-shares-with-alt-f2/#comment-3012 Alexei Znamensky Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:39:26 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=498#comment-3012 Although I certainly enjoy the benefits of Linux becoming this user-friendly (Ubuntu rules!!), I am old school Linux, sysadmin, BOFH, accessing a number of remote UNIX boxes on a daily basis, so, as you can expect, I do that old style: in the terminal. Nonetheless I gave this command a try, and I found something: it makes no use of my local account ssh config, in the $HOME/.ssh/config file. In there, for instance, I configure the usernames for my remote hosts. I also do have a ssh-agent up and running all the time, and the alt-f2 thing (which is actually nautilus, right?) wasn't able to cope with that, as it seems. Yup, I know it offers to store the password "forever", which I didn't test but it's probably in the gnome-keyring, but I think it should also give the "standard way" a chance too. I didn't dig too much on that issue, so I might be doing something wrong here, sure, but if it's supposed to be easy, it should take advantage of these configurations, and also of the running ssh-agent. Not to mention the ControlMaster connections on the recent SSH releases, which reuses a SSH tunnel to a host to establish other connections as well, but hey, I wouldn't expect THAT to be ready in nautilus yet. Other than that just my $0.02 AZ Although I certainly enjoy the benefits of Linux becoming this user-friendly (Ubuntu rules!!), I am old school Linux, sysadmin, BOFH, accessing a number of remote UNIX boxes on a daily basis, so, as you can expect, I do that old style: in the terminal.

Nonetheless I gave this command a try, and I found something: it makes no use of my local account ssh config, in the $HOME/.ssh/config file.

In there, for instance, I configure the usernames for my remote hosts. I also do have a ssh-agent up and running all the time, and the alt-f2 thing (which is actually nautilus, right?) wasn’t able to cope with that, as it seems. Yup, I know it offers to store the password “forever”, which I didn’t test but it’s probably in the gnome-keyring, but I think it should also give the “standard way” a chance too.

I didn’t dig too much on that issue, so I might be doing something wrong here, sure, but if it’s supposed to be easy, it should take advantage of these configurations, and also of the running ssh-agent.

Not to mention the ControlMaster connections on the recent SSH releases, which reuses a SSH tunnel to a host to establish other connections as well, but hey, I wouldn’t expect THAT to be ready in nautilus yet.

Other than that

just my $0.02

AZ

]]> By: Abilash http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/11/08/quick-launch-network-connections-and-shares-with-alt-f2/#comment-3011 Abilash Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:29:22 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=498#comment-3011 I have a specific question. I can access samba shares using smb://myusername@server/some/folder. After this, I enter my password and then I can access our samba share. But sometimes, my friends need to login into the samba share using my laptop with their own userID and password. They are not familiar with Ubuntu. So is there any way to create a command/short-cut so that everytime I double-click on it, it will ask for both username and password? I hope my question gives all details clearly. If not, plz do ask and post in additional info. Thanks for advance for replies. I have a specific question.

I can access samba shares using smb://myusername@server/some/folder.
After this, I enter my password and then I can access our samba share.

But sometimes, my friends need to login into the samba share using my laptop with their own userID and password. They are not familiar with Ubuntu. So is there any way to create a command/short-cut so that everytime I double-click on it, it will ask for both username and password?

I hope my question gives all details clearly. If not, plz do ask and post in additional info. Thanks for advance for replies.

]]> By: Phil http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/11/08/quick-launch-network-connections-and-shares-with-alt-f2/#comment-3009 Phil Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:56:33 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=498#comment-3009 Most of these can be typed straight into Nautilus' address line as well. If you want to do this sort of thing from the command line, just use gnome-open with the same command as you'd type into the run dialog. If you alias it to "o" then you can: "o google.com". Most of these can be typed straight into Nautilus’ address line as well.

If you want to do this sort of thing from the command line, just use gnome-open with the same command as you’d type into the run dialog.

If you alias it to “o” then you can: “o google.com”.

]]> By: Big Dan http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/11/08/quick-launch-network-connections-and-shares-with-alt-f2/#comment-3008 Big Dan Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:56:12 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=498#comment-3008 Thanks for the tip... I think I'll delete all those little short guys Nautilus puts on my desktop for my FTP connections. This seems much easier :) Thanks for the tip… I think I’ll delete all those little short guys Nautilus puts on my desktop for my FTP connections. This seems much easier :)

]]> By: RainCT http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/11/08/quick-launch-network-connections-and-shares-with-alt-f2/#comment-3007 RainCT Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:46:42 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=498#comment-3007 Didn't know that, thanks! :) Didn’t know that, thanks! :)

]]> By: Derek Buranen http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/11/08/quick-launch-network-connections-and-shares-with-alt-f2/#comment-3006 Derek Buranen Fri, 09 Nov 2007 02:31:47 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=498#comment-3006 ooh, the http one is new to gutsy I think! CO rocks! ooh, the http one is new to gutsy I think!

CO rocks!

]]> By: Yuriy http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/11/08/quick-launch-network-connections-and-shares-with-alt-f2/#comment-3005 Yuriy Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:54:50 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=498#comment-3005 For KDE users, replace ssh:// with fish:// Also, sftp is more akin to ssh than it is to ftp. sftp:// and ssh:// do essentially the same thing. For KDE users, replace ssh:// with fish://

Also, sftp is more akin to ssh than it is to ftp. sftp:// and ssh:// do essentially the same thing.

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