Re: [gcmd-usr] SMB share

[Piotr Eljasiak]

> I'm using Gnome commander 1.2.3 on Ubuntu Feisty 7.04 (gnome).

> I would have nevertheless a question regarding SMB share.  I can see a 
> SMB icon allowing to browse the network. If I click on it, I can see our 
> networks (windows domain and linux samba) but I'm not able to enter to 
> any server (windows share or linux smb share). Message I have is : "List 
> failed: Operation not permitted".
> To get it work, I need first to use the "Connect to server" icon or 
> "Network" icon in the ubuntu menu. Then I have to enter credentials and 
> my connection is ok. If I come back to Gnome commander, I can browse the 
> network (using SMB icon) and enter onto the server I previously enter my 
> credentials.
> Is that a way to do it directly within "Gnome commander" without using 
> the ubuntu features ?
> 
> I would have an other question still on SMB share.  It seems that "Gnome 
> commander" doens't know how to deal with some kind of files.
> Exemple : I'm browsing our file server, I see a "doc" file and click on 
> it but I get the message "<application> does not know how to open remote 
> file. Do you want to download the file to a temporary location and then 
> reopen it ?"

Please do upgrade to the latest 1.2.4 version. This release addresses at
least SMB authentication problem and, I'm not quite sure, there was some
work done on remote file handling - so there is a chance that your
problems are gone in the 1.2.4 release.

Piotr