[PLUG] Accessing files on a local network

[Carla Schroder]

On Sunday 26 June 2005 5:36 pm, John Jordan wrote:
> The Windows share is definitely mounted on my Linux laptop. I 
> opened a Nautilus browser window and there are all my files. Then I 
> launched OpenOffice.org Writer. It can't see the share. It has an 
> "Open file" setting under File, but not an "Open location" option. 
> Nor can I drag and drop a file from the Nautilus window to the OOo 
> Writer window.

Are you sure the share is mounted? Usually that is a separate step. Nautilus 
lets you see the files in a Samba share without it being mounted.  Does it 
appear with the ls command? If ls does not see it, it is not mounted.

Can you right-click on the file in Nautilus and do a "open with..."? (I'm not 
a nautilus user) 

> 
> All other programs on the Linux machine have no problem seeing 
> the share. It's just OpenOffice.org. Well, OK, some can't see it in 
> their "Open file" dialog box, but I can drag and drop from a Nautilus 
> window onto the application and the file opens fine.
> 

I also use OO, and it sees Samba shares in the file open dialog if they are 
actually mounted.

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