[Gllug] Combining SMB and NFS - was Embedded Linux & 1Gbps?

[Tom Weissmann]

DL Neil wrote:

> However having Windows machines on the same home network I have only  
> set up Samba shares on Linux machines (and native Windows shares on  
> the Windows systems - running MS-only apps). Then I discovered that  
> some Linux applications (GIMP ? Open Office) don't like to edit files  
> across the network/protocol. Oops!

They work fine with networked files as long as the network share is 
actually mounted.

Gimp will have no problem with /media/my-samba-server/files/edit-me.jpg
but will choke on smb:/my-samba-server/files/edit-me.jpg

KDE's smb4k application lets you mount and unmount samba shares, perhaps 
there is a Gnome equivalent. Otherwise there's always smbmount.

Cheeers,

Tom SW
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