Comment 1 for bug 350280

*blush*

I should've read the help text more thoroughly. It clearly states that the network folder must be mounted locally before digikam will read it.

(For others stumbling into the same darkness: install 'smbfs' and do sudo mount.cifs //box/pics /mnt/pics)

So while there is no smb bug in digikam, the source of my confusion remains (and this could be improved): digikam should not silently strip the smb:// url, but display a warning like "note that remote urls are not supported."

So while the original problem is moot, I still feel that this is a bug.

Sorry for the fuzz.

Take care and thanks for a great job.