NAS share does not show up only for some applications
This is the 2nd posting for help for this problem. I will use a slightly different wording in the hope that it will jog some knowledgable person's brain into replying.
I can successfully mount a shared folder on a NAS box which is running a linux based authentication. I can see the data and can access it with various programs from my Ubuntu 10.04 machines . OpenOffice applications can access the files. However, ( even when folder is mounted ) it does not show up for selection for *some* programs. For example, I cannot make the pictures accessible in any photo management program such as f-spot , gwenview or picasa ( my favourite )gthumb . Gimp however, works fine. Within Gimp I can see and access the shared folder and browse the photos. Pdfshuffler ( pdf managing software ) also cannot see the network share. Is there something I can do ? |
Are you mounting it at CLI or with fstab? If not are you doing it simply from within the GUI desktop? Doing the former 2 should make it globally available on your system (including in the GUI desktop) but doing it simply with the GUI desktop makes it only available to that desktop.
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//192.168.0.10/share /media/nas smb username=loginname,password=password defaults 0 0 I have not tried CLI, as I am not sure how to do that . If it available in the GUI and therefore the desktop, why would that mean that some programs are not able to 'see' the share if they are within the same desktop login ? I apologise for my lack of knowledge. I have only recently been getting stuck into Linux/Ubuntu and have no intention of returning to Windoze. Each problem I have encountered with Linux, I have been able to overcome with help in the forums or with Google. -keevill- |
Code:
//dell/current_mirror /shares/current_mirror smbfs username=USER,password=PASSWORD 0 0 Code:
//dell/current_mirror /shares/current_mirror cifs username=USER,password=PASSWORD 0 0 |
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I modified the fstab file as below. The NAS box is the 192.168.0.10 and the shared folder on it is called 'public'. Same problem, the machine won't start cleanly. I have commented it out now. Any ideas anyone? I can still open the public folder on the Gui but can't see the share within any image manager. //192.168.0.10/public cifs username=mylogin,password=mypassword defaults 0 0 |
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