Immanuel CRC Office
2006-Nov-01 21:35 UTC
[Samba] Unable to open most files within Linux from a windows share
I am trying to open files on my Linux box from a windows share. I can browse to the directory, see the files, copy them to my computer, edit them, save them and copy the files back (using Nautilus). I can open a text file from the windows share with Gedit. I can not open a text file with Kate: error: The file or folder smb://pastor/SHARED FILES/text.txt does not exist. I can not open an .xls file with OOo nor CXoffice Excel. They both open a blank sheet - not the file. No error message. System: Ubuntu AMD64: kernel 2.6.15-27-amd64-generic Default Samba: 3.0.22 I've searched to see what others have said, and some say it is KDE's fault. Some say it is a problem with OOo. Does anyone have any other ideas or something to try? Do I have to get this fixed by OOo and KDE? Let me know if I need to give more information. Thanks for any help! Crystle -- Crystle Numan Administrative Secretary, Immanuel CRC 61 Mohawk Rd. W. Hamilton ON L9C 1V9 905-385-0662 office@immanuelministries.ca http://immanuelministries.ca
Craig White
2006-Nov-02 03:11 UTC
[Samba] Unable to open most files within Linux from a windows share
On Wed, 2006-11-01 at 14:03 -0500, Immanuel CRC Office wrote:> I am trying to open files on my Linux box from a windows share. I can > browse to the directory, see the files, copy them to my computer, edit > them, save them and copy the files back (using Nautilus). > > I can open a text file from the windows share with Gedit. > > I can not open a text file with Kate: error: The file or folder > smb://pastor/SHARED FILES/text.txt does not exist. > > I can not open an .xls file with OOo nor CXoffice Excel. They both open > a blank sheet - not the file. No error message. > > System: Ubuntu AMD64: kernel 2.6.15-27-amd64-generic Default > Samba: 3.0.22 > > I've searched to see what others have said, and some say it is KDE's > fault. Some say it is a problem with OOo. > > Does anyone have any other ideas or something to try? Do I have to get > this fixed by OOo and KDE? Let me know if I need to give more > information. Thanks for any help!---- Logs are your friend...you might want to find them and see if they have any clues. Seems as though it's more of a permissions thing than a GNOME/KDE/oO thing. My guess is that you are mounting this share as 'root' and not as 'user' Did you want to share the appropriate method of mounting (perhaps it is a line in /etc/fstab)? Craig