Originally Posted by
megamister
Maybe somebody can explain this and offer options.
Setup: Kubuntu 12.10 with Samba shares
Desktop: Kubuntu 11.04
With a file browser I can browse the shares open\access. But when I for example open a Document with LibreOffice on the share it opens with a filename like 1234.0.Actualfilename. Then if I try to save it only saves the file as a temp file with the indicated filename, or sometimes it will just use the numerical portion like 1234.0.doc and saves to /var/tmp/kde-cache-username/krun If I save as the same filename to the local machine I can then xfer it and overwrite it on the share.
I can create a new file on the share then name it without any issues.
Doing the same thing from Win7 I have no issues. Open the document, edit it, saves fine in the shared folder.
I have read something about the shares need to be mounted, even though they appear mapped in my Places, they aren't really mounted thus not really accessible? Apparently some have solved it with "gigolo" and automount? But that seems like a lot of extra effort for something so simple, or am I asking for too much convenience?
So what are the options for simple ubuntu to ubuntu shared access from a GUI? Using filezilla and FTP to browse and save, or automount options???
Setup: Kubuntu 12.10 with Samba shares
Desktop: Kubuntu 11.04
I don't use KDE but I believe the problem is in how the share is mounted. I believe the KDE file manager uses gvfs to mount the share. This gvfs mount uses an arbitrary set of options. The option that is not used is nbrl. The description in the man page (man mount.cifs) is this:
Code:
nobrl
Do not send byte range lock requests to the server. This is
necessary for certain applications that break with cifs style
mandatory byte range locks (and most cifs servers do not yet
support requesting advisory byte range locks).
If you mount the share either by script or using fstab with this option then you should be able to use LibreOffice directly on the file. I have this very set up but with Gnome. LibreOffice and Samba don't really play well together.
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