Bug#385595: libc6: smb:// opening file is not supported in mosta application when it i sby nautilus

[Aurelien Jarno]

Jean-Michel a écrit :
> Aurelien Jarno a écrit :
>> reassign 385595 nautilus
>> thanks
>>
>> Jean-Michel a écrit :
>>> Package: libc6
>>> Version: 2.3.6-7
>>> Severity: normal
>>>
>>> When I try to open a file (shared by a windows machine) from nautilus,
>>> the software (openoffice, firefox, galeon ) crashes, because it does not
>>> knwo how to open the file.
>>>
>>
>> If the crash occurs with nautilus, why report it against libc6? 
>> Reassigning the bug to nautilus
>>
> The crash does not occurs in nautilus, but in
> for instance openoffice, firefox, galeon.
> 
> I assume thoses applications try to
> open ("smb://comutre/share/filename.something","b");
> 
> and I assume such a call to open fails.

Yes, such a call fail, and this is normal. The open() funtion does not 
support opening non-local files.

nautilus should retrieve the file and pass the local file to the 
application.

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