GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 322423
default samba URI smb:/// confusing
Last modified: 2006-10-20 11:45:15 UTC
This bug has been opened here: http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=20078 "I was trying to browse a share by its IP from the Windows Network place in nautilus, so I typed Ctrl+L. The location bar appeared with "smb:///" (note the three slashes). naturally I completed with the IP of the machine if I got an error: "Impossible d'afficher « smb:///192.168.3.68 ». L'emplacement n'est pas un dossier." The trick is to remove the third slash or type your IP before it. The same thing happens when you use the menu, File, Connect to a server."
confirming. confront with this http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=361951 it's the same exact bug. please fix this misbehaviour, it is very annoying
This is not a bug. This is how the smb URIs work according to spec.
What spec? The only thing resembling spec I can find on smb URIs is the IETF draft (http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-crhertel-smb-url-11.txt) according to which a list is smb://, not smb:///. URI Format Indicates ========================= ======================================= smb:// List of known workgroups smb://smb-wrkgrp/ + SMB servers within the workgroup smb://smb-server/ + Shares offered by an SMB server smb://smb-server/abs-path + Directories, files, etc.
@Alexander: I don't know if that triple-slashes are or are not conformant to the the specs; actually nautilus DOES NOT WORK, paths are attached to the three-slashes so they look like smb:///smb-wrkgrp/ which is anyway wrong! see the bug I linked above to see what I've seen it happens