[27158] in Athena Bugs
Re: Inconsistent nautilus smb behavior
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Goldstein)
Tue Dec 18 18:14:54 2007
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Okay, that makes sense. I'll make sure the user knows they just need to
use a Linux machine or find another way. Thanks for letting me know!
--Matt
Mitchell E Berger wrote:
> It has been a long time since I've looked into this, and I haven't spent
> a significant amount of time verifying this right now, but if I remember
> correctly, this is because there is no smbmount for Samba on Solaris, though
> there is on Linux, and I believe Nautilus can only browse a Samba share
> if it successfully mounts it. If so, while frustrating at times, this
> is just the way Samba is, doesn't have much to do with Athena, and is
> expected behavior.
>
> Mitch
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> While helping a client I noticed that Windows shares are not accessible
>> via Nautilus on Suns when they are under Linux.
>> To reproduce, open nautilus and select Connect to Server from the File
>> menu. Select Windows share from the Service type box and then enter a
>> known good smb share.
>> Under Athena Linux, the connection will work. However, on a sun, the
>> error "smb://darkenergy/" is not a valid location. will appear.
>>
>> --Matt
>>
