With your Linux Server machine being an Active Directory client, you can browse, view and manipulate data located on Windows servers. The following examples are the most prominent ones:
Browsing Windows Files with GNOME Files
Use GNOME Files's network browsing features to browse your Windows data.
Viewing Windows Data with GNOME Files
Use GNOME Files to display the contents of your Windows user directory as you would for displaying a Linux directory. Create new files and directories on the Windows server.
Manipulating Windows Data with GNOME Applications
Many GNOME applications allow you to open files on the Windows server, manipulate them and save them back to the Windows server.
Single Sign-On
GNOME applications, including GNOME Files, support Single Sign-On. This means that you do not need to re-authenticate when you access other Windows resources. These can be Web servers, proxy servers or groupware servers like Microsoft Exchange*. Authentication against all these is handled silently in the background using the user name and password you provided when you logged in.
To access your Windows data using GNOME Files, proceed as follows:
Open GNOME Files and click Other Locations in the Places pane.
Double-click Windows Network.
Double-click the icon of the workgroup containing the computer you want to access.
Click the computer’s icon (and authenticate if prompted to do so) and navigate to the shared directory on that computer.
To create directories in your Windows user directory using GNOME Files, proceed as you would when creating a Linux directory.