I was doing Start - Run - '\\myfiles' under Windows XP and had access to some file directories over my network.
I dont know how to do the same thing under Ubuntu.
Use smb://
instead of \\
in the nautilus address line.
You can specifiy a username and a password, too. Like that: smb://username:password@hostname/
. If you don't, nautilus will automatically ask you for it.
You can use all other supported protocols in the same way:
smb://username:password@hostname/
for Sambaftp://username:password@hostname/
for FTPsftp://username:password@hostname/
for FTP over SSH (also ssh://
)dav://username:password@hostname/
for WebDAVdavs://username:password@hostname/
for encrypted WebDAVIn Nautilus (the file browser), you should be able to go to Network in the side pane. That should bring up a list of network resources the computer can see; myfiles should be listed there.