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 :
>> 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.
>>
> This will work for reading files, but not for modifying them.

nautilus can copy the file back.

> For information, on windows, it is possible to modify a file on a share, 
> without mounting the filesystem.

This is not the case on GNU/Linux.

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