HowTo: Mount Windows Drive From Linux GUI

Are you searching for Network Neighborhood from your linux desktop? Have you been wondering how you can map a shared windows network drive from your linux desktop using GUI?

Here's another simple linux desktop howto on mapping shared windows folder from linux desktop.

There are lots of way to achieve and map a shared windows folder from linux box. Here's one way to do it using one of the KDE linux tools.

Make sure you have installed KDE Network Manager package. Simply install like so

# yum -y install kdebase

This KDE base package installs a lot of KDE linux tools you can use of. One of them is knetattach. KDE net attach tool functions to map shared directory folder or remote location from your linux desktop. KDE Net attach lets you connect and mapped network folder from different locations namely shared webfolder (webdav), ftp folder, windows shared drive/folder, ssh and more.

Now, to map a shared windows drive and/or folder from linux desktop, simply launch KDE NetAttach linux tool

# knetattach

Select windows network drive and supply the missing username, password and shared folder name. You have an option to create a shortcut icon of this action as well.

That's it. Enjoy