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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 ...