18.10 Accessing Windows Shares from Fedora 31

As previously mentioned, Samba is a two way street, allowing not only Windows systems to access files and printers hosted on a Fedora 31 system, but also allowing the Fedora 31 system to access shared resources on Windows systems. This is achieved using the samba-client package which was installed at the start of this chapter. If it is not currently installed, install it from a terminal window as follows:

# dnf install samba-client

Shared resources on a Windows system can be accessed either from the Fedora desktop using the Files application, or from the command-line prompt using the smbclient and mount tools. The steps in this section assume that appropriate network sharing settings have been enabled on the Windows system.

To access any shared resources on a Windows system using the desktop, begin by launching the Files application and selecting the Other Locations option. This will display the screen shown in Figure 18-4 below...