Linux Desktop Hacks

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Chapter 9, Administration and Automation

#79 Magically Empower Your Network Cable

HACK

To access a networked resource in KDE, add a new icon to the desktop by

right-clicking the desktop and selecting Create New

➝ Link to Application.

Inside the dialog box that pops up, click the Application tab, and you’ll see a

Command box that you can use to indicate the location of the remote

server. This is done with the format:

fish://user@server/path

When you click the icon, Konqueror loads, and you can use it to deal with

the remote server graphically.

To connect to a networked resource in GNOME, click the main Computer

menu in the top panel, and then select Disks from the menu. When the win-

dow appears that displays your disks and drives, click File

➝ Connect to

Server. Inside this dialog box you can select an SSH connection from the Ser-

vice Type combo box, and then add the server name, port, folder, and user-

name details. Finally, you can name the icon by adding a label to the “Name

to use for connection” box. Now the icon will be added to your desktop and

will appear in the Network Servers window.

HACK

#79

Magically Empower Your Network Cable Hack #79

Configure your Ethernet devices simply by plugging in or unplugging the

cable.

This hack is actually a utility called ifplugd, a daemon that watches your

Ethernet connection to see if it is live or disconnected. Plug the wire into the

network, and

ifplugd