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Chapter 5, KDE Desktop

#35 Make Konqueror a Window into Remote Spaces

HACK

There are some limitations to what you can do between local and remote

directories, of course. You can’t create symbolic links between the two loca-

tions, and some of the built-in Konqueror viewers work only on local files.

For example, you can view the contents of a compressed tar archive in the

local Konqueror window pane, as if the contents were in folders. If you click

a compressed tar archive on the FTP site, you have to open the contents

with the Ark application.

It is not necessary to split the window into two panes if that

is not how you prefer to work. In this example, you could

open two Konqueror windows, point one to your home

directory and the other to the SFTP server, and get the same

capabilities.

FISH with Konqueror

FISH works in basically the same way as SFTP in that it uses SSH to

exchange information. Simply enter the URL fish://<yourserver> and enter a

valid username and password for the server, and Konqueror will present you

with access to the files almost as if they were local. (The same limitations

apply as with SFTP—you cannot navigate compressed archives directly, etc.)

As with SFTP, you can open files, edit them, and save your changes, and

Konqueror will ask you if you want to update the remote files.

Browse via LAN Connections with Konqueror

If you enter smb:/ (SMB is the protocol Microsoft Windows ...