[SOLVED] Xfe File Manager Question

Earlydayrambler · 11-05-2023, 08:59 PM

Hi everybody,

I'm using X File Explorer (xfe), with IceWM, and how the world do I connect to an SMBv3 server?

I key in smb://192.168.6.66/share and hit return, but xfe just goes back to the local root folder.

Can xfe browse to remote folders over SMB?

michaelk · 11-06-2023, 08:17 AM

I am not familiar with Xfe but after looking at the documentation I would conclude it does not have that capability. The smb:// is for file managers that have virtual filesystem capability i.e. GVFS. You would need to mount the remote folder via the command line which requires the samba-client package.

Earlydayrambler · 11-06-2023, 09:41 AM

Thank you michaelk for your assistance. That is a bummer because I really like how lightweight this file manager is.