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<p>You can connect to a server or network share to browse and
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your local network.</p>
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<p>To browse files over the network, first <link xref="files-browse">open the file manager</link></p>
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will find any computers on your local area network that advertise
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on the internet, or if you do not see the computer you're looking
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for, you can manually connect to a server.</p>
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for, you can manually connect to a server by typing in its
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<title>Connect to a file server</title>
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<gui>Connect to Server</gui></guiseq>.</p></item>
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<item><p>Enter the server address, select the type of server, and enter
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any additional information as required. Then click <gui>Connect</gui>.
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Details on server types are listed below.</p>
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<p>For servers on the internet, you can usually use the domain name.
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Details on server types are <link xref="#types">listed below</link>.</p>
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<p>For servers on the internet, you can usually use the domain name
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<item><p>A new window will open showing you the files on the server.
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<title>Different types of servers</title>
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<p>You can connect to different types of servers. Some servers
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are public, and allow anybody to connect. Other servers require
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you to log in with a user name and password. You may not have
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you to log in with a user name and password.</p>
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able to delete files.</p>
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to members so they can securely upload files. SSH servers always
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require you to log in. If you use a secure shell key to log in,
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leave the password field blank.</p>
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keys, possibly rolling the seahorse help into gnome-help. Then link
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<p>When using SSH, all the data you send (including your password)
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is encrypted so that other users on your network can't see it.</p>
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access through SSH. Some servers, however, still allow or require
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you to use FTP to upload or download files. FTP sites with logins
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<p>Based on the HTTP protocol used on the web, WebDAV is sometimes used to
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share files on a local network and to store files on the internet. If the
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server you're connecting to supports secure connections, you should choose
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this option. Secure WebDAV uses strong SSL encryption, so your password
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and data can't be sniffed.</p>
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this option. Secure WebDAV uses strong SSL encryption, so that other users
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