Andre Venter wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lintech" <lintech.mumbai@gmail.com> To: <suse-linux-e@suse.com> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 4:22 PM Subject: [SLE] Equivalent of Network Neighbourhood ?
Hi,
We did a test run on ubuntu live cd few days back in a typical office setup and here are some results.
1. Users wanted to open files from network neighbourhood with application (openoffice). File > Open > Network Neighbourhood > ...
Say when a user logs in, he opens openoffice. Most of his files are kept on the network samba share. If he wants to open other openoffice files he wont open them through explorer but from with the application --->File > Open ....
There is no way to open files from a network share WITHIN a application in Linux [except for mounting them in a local folder or through Kounquerer(spell?)...]
Yes users even copy-paste files from with-in the application !! They have their application ruuning all day (say autocad or excel) and they wont bother to open Explorer unless it needed.
There are other issues also. I will post them later.
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What you're looking for is Lisa, though automounting a samba share to look like part of the file system is probably a more manageable option
I use smb4k which mounts shares and it creates a local directory which I can use with OO and other applications. Sean -- ICQ: 679813 FidoNet: 2:263/950 Jabber: tcob1@jabber.org AOL: tcobone Vodafone Messenger: thecivvie