Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Problem opening files over LAN?

Collapse
This topic is closed.
X
X
Collapse
 
  • Page of 1
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
Previous template Next
    #1

    Problem opening files over LAN?

    Sorry, not sure if this should be here or under the network forums. For some reason when I try to open documents like *.odt or *.doc from a folder on my LAN it wont open. If I copy the file to the local drive it works fine. I do this all the time on my Debian system with no problems. Any suggestions? Thanks...

    -Dave
    Tags: None
    • Top
    • Bottom
    #2
    Re: Problem opening files over LAN?

    How are you connected to the LAN, David?

    SAMBA? NFS? VPN?
    "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
    – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.
    • Top
    • Bottom

    Comment

      #3
      Re: Problem opening files over LAN?

      hardwire connection with internal network interface card. I haven't really done anything to my network connection except set my IP to static.

      -Dave
      • Top
      • Bottom

      Comment

        #4
        Re: Problem opening files over LAN?

        The intent of my question was to determine what kind of network you were attached to and how.

        When you can't open a file on a *nix system it is usually because you don't have read permission on that file. If the file is on a LAN there may be other reasons. That's why I asked you about the LAN and how you are connected to it. It is obvious that an internal eth card/chip is used to connect to a Local Area Network. What is not obvious is HOW that connection is made. If the LAN is composed of Windows servers then the usual connection on a Linux box hooked to the LAN on Window powered servers is via a SAMBA client. How that client is configured determines if you can open, read or write a file on the LAN. If the LAN is NETWARE powered then you are using a NETWARE Linux client. If the LAN server is running Linux then perhaps you are connected via NFS.

        See the point of my question.

        Open a Konsole and issue
        ls -l /path/to/server/directory/nameoffile

        and paste the results into your next message, along with your LAN information.
        "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
        – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.
        • Top
        • Bottom

        Comment

          #5
          Re: Problem opening files over LAN?

          open office has issues opening files on a LAN folder. If you mount the share via a mount command, it will work, but it you use samba, it doesn't. been like this for as long as I can remember...

          mm0
          Dell Inspiron 1720 Laptop<br />Intel T9300 Core2Duo Processor @ 2.5Ghz<br />4 GB Ram | 1920 X 1200 Resolution<br />2 X 160 GB SATA HD Internal<br />Nvidia GeForce 8600M Graphics Adapter<br />Using Kubuntu 9.10
          • Top
          • Bottom

          Comment

            #6
            Re: Problem opening files over LAN?

            I see what your getting at now, sorry. My network is a windows environment with this box and a couple other Linux boxes on the network. The reason for my question is that I am connected the same way on this (Kubuntu) box as I have my Debian boxes and I can open and access files over the LAN just fine in Debian. I just figured that there was something specific to Kubuntu that might be causing the issue. Thanks...

            -Dave
            • Top
            • Bottom

            Comment

              #7
              Re: Problem opening files over LAN?

              So, are you not able to open ANY file, or just OO files? I can open anything but OO files.
              Dell Inspiron 1720 Laptop<br />Intel T9300 Core2Duo Processor @ 2.5Ghz<br />4 GB Ram | 1920 X 1200 Resolution<br />2 X 160 GB SATA HD Internal<br />Nvidia GeForce 8600M Graphics Adapter<br />Using Kubuntu 9.10
              • Top
              • Bottom

              Comment

                #8
                Re: Problem opening files over LAN?

                I can access all files and directories, only thing I cant do is open a document like a word or OO document unless I copy the file locally and then open it. When I attempt to open it over the LAN I get the OO splash screen but then it goes away and nothing else happens.

                -Dave
                • Top
                • Bottom

                Comment

                  #9
                  Re: Problem opening files over LAN?

                  OK, yeah, that makes sense then, if you need it to work, look into mounting a share to a local folder.

                  mm0
                  Dell Inspiron 1720 Laptop<br />Intel T9300 Core2Duo Processor @ 2.5Ghz<br />4 GB Ram | 1920 X 1200 Resolution<br />2 X 160 GB SATA HD Internal<br />Nvidia GeForce 8600M Graphics Adapter<br />Using Kubuntu 9.10
                  • Top
                  • Bottom

                  Comment

                    #10
                    Re: Problem opening files over LAN?

                    OK, you lost me on that last one.... How do I "mounting a share to a local folder"

                    -Dave
                    • Top
                    • Bottom

                    Comment

                      #11
                      Re: Problem opening files over LAN?

                      Systemsettings --> Advanced --> Samba --> shares
                      "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
                      – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.
                      • Top
                      • Bottom

                      Comment

                        #12
                        Re: Problem opening files over LAN?

                        I used to use this to auto mount them a long time ago...I'm guessing that the principles still apply...check it out:

                        http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3083442.0

                        mm0
                        Dell Inspiron 1720 Laptop<br />Intel T9300 Core2Duo Processor @ 2.5Ghz<br />4 GB Ram | 1920 X 1200 Resolution<br />2 X 160 GB SATA HD Internal<br />Nvidia GeForce 8600M Graphics Adapter<br />Using Kubuntu 9.10
                        • Top
                        • Bottom

                        Comment

                          #13
                          Re: Problem opening files over LAN?

                          Originally posted by GreyGeek
                          Systemsettings --> Advanced --> Samba --> shares
                          I don't have this listed in System Setting so I'm assuming that I need to add something? What do I need to add? Under the "general" tab there is a "sharing" under the "Network & Connectivity" section. When I click on it it tells me; "SMB and NFS servers are not installed on this machine, to enable this module the servers must be installed" So what exactly do I need to install and configure? Thanks.

                          -Dvae
                          • Top
                          • Bottom

                          Comment

                            #14
                            Re: Problem opening files over LAN?

                            Do you have the package called "system-config-samba" installed?
                            • Top
                            • Bottom

                            Comment

                              #15
                              Re: Problem opening files over LAN?

                              I don't think so, is there an easy way to find out it it's installed?

                              -Dave
                              • Top
                              • Bottom

                              Comment

                              Previous template Next
                              Working...
                              X