IntroductionThis handbook describes Smb4K 3.2 and to some extent earlier versions.
Smb4K is an advanced network neighborhood browser and Samba share mounting utility. It provides many handy features that ease your life in a Windows®-dominated network environment:
Scanning for (active) workgroups, hosts, and shares using Samba's client library, DNS Service Discovery (DNS-SD) and, optionally, Web Services Dynamic Discovery (WS-Discovery)
Support of the CIFS and SMB3 file system under Linux® as well as the SMBFS file system under BSD
Mounting and unmounting of shares
Access to the files of a mounted share using a file manager or terminal
Auto-detection of external mounts and unmounts
Remounting of previously used shares on program start
Miscellaneous info about remote network items and mounted shares
Network search
Preview of the contents of a remote share
Default login
Special handling of home shares
Ability to bookmark favorite shares
System tray widget
Support of advanced mount options
Support of printer shares
KWallet support
Synchronization of a remote share with a local copy, and vice versa
Ability to define custom settings for individual servers and shares
Hardware support through the Solid device integration framework, the KDBusAddons convenience classes and the Qt™ Network module
Wake-On-LAN capabilities
Plasmoid for desktop integration
Profiles for different network neighborhood setups
If you encounter problems while using Smb4K, please post a help request to our Help forum. In case you find a bug, please report it to our bug tracker. For discussions about Smb4K-related topics, there is the General Discussion forum, and we invite every user to participate.