File-roller won't open files(archives) on remote samba shares

[Neikius]

Binary package hint: file-roller

Ubuntu 7.04, File roller 2.18.1.
Cannot open archives located on remote samba shares using file roller.
When I click on the archive as to open it, I just get an empty file roller window.
The archive itself is ok and can be copied to local drive, then opened. Seems like a problem with smb shares. Also won't open the archive if I enter the path directly (smb://ip/file) and the file open dialog doesn't offer smb share (while file open dialogs in other gnome apps do just that, for example rythmbox is able to open smb shares).

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported, but feel free to report any other bugs you find.

[Ralph Janke (txwikinger)]

Thanks for your bug report.

I have tested file-roller 2.18.1 on feisty and could not reproduce the problem. I can open files on both a smbfs and a cifs share.

Could you please provide more information how to reproduce this. (i.e. can you perform other operation on the smbfs share). How do you enter the path smb://ip/file directly. I didn't manage to test this.

Thanks

[Neikius (nejgus)]

After reading what I wrote I decided to leave it intact but to include something much shorter for the faint of heart:

Exact steps leading to my problem - I used "connect to server" to get to the file share becouse it was not on the network list. Since then the share is accesible through bookmark. I set up the ip, username, path all as a windows share. It asked the password, then I could see files in nautilus "shared on ip" the window title. When I try to open any archive (default program for that be file-roller) I get an open file-roller window without anyting in it. Nothing opened. Just like pressing alt+f2 and running "file-roller". Archives are not damaged, there aint any error messages, also archive cannot be oppened using the open dialog in file roller and typing the full file path inside (smb://uname@ip/folder/file.zip).

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Well I can perform most of the operations on the smb share. Can play music using rythmbox, movies too using totem (all gstreamer stuff seems to be working), can copy/delete/rename, whatever from file manager when permissions are right (on target fs, all of this logged with username and password). What won't work - opening any file using file-roller, similar easy-tag is a no-go, the same with mplayer. Just won't work. I dunno a lot about the inner workings of the samba support, but I remember that mplayer had to be compiled with smb support built in (on my previous linux distros) for this to work - to play files directly from the share. Seems like some programs just don't have this option to read files directly from smb share. And file-roller one of them, which is kinda lacking since its the default program for archive. Had lots of similar problems with lots of programs - programs willl either download the file to temp file before opening em or just refuse to budge like file roller.

I can provide more info, definetely and I would gladly cooperate more if this can be resolved. It does seem quite critical to me though - home networking is popular and failure to open files from network shares can be daunting esp. if the archive is like 4 gig large and you don't have local disk space for the operation.

I can try to enter the path in file-roller itself smb://username@ip/shared/file.name.zip and nothing happens, the input box helped me to enter the path though, so the gnome itself is aware of the share. It even asked me for permission to access password storage.

I seem so vague about this - I really have some terminology problems so please be graphical in descriptions, more familiar with command line than gui :D Command line is simple and this is compllicated...

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Hope it is of any help, though it makes no sense to me. Just ask for any further info I can provide coz I'd like to see this insect squashed.

Thanks for the interest