As suggested by a file-roller developer, I tried to create new archives in the samba share from other applications. It showed that Nautilus has no problems in creating new folders and files from templates. Then, I also tried saving a new file directly from Libreoffice Writer, Calc and Impress, Gimp, Eye of Gnome, Evince, Shotwell, Firefox, Thunderbird and PDFmod all from Quantal repositories. Only saving from Shotwell and Evince worked. All others returned an I/O error, like file-roller does. Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and PDFmod report that they can't use a remote directory instead.
So, if the bug is not really in file-roller, I'm going to file a new bug here. I just don't really know which package to refer, I only understand that it might be related to gvfs or samba. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to file-roller in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1071759 Title: Can't create new archives in mounted samba shares Status in “file-roller” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: I have a large directory, almost 50Gb and 45.000 files shared by samba on ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS server. When trying to add some files to an archive, file roller reports insufficient permissions. It can't add new files to an existing archive either, only the extraction of files is permitted. Steps to reproduce: - mount the shared directory; - select any file, or group of files; - right click on the selection and choose "Compress..." - click on "Create". What happens: File-roller reports insufficient privileges. What should happen: a new archive containing the selected files is created in the remote directory. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: file-roller 3.6.0-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Oct 26 15:39:55 2012 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-22 (4 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: file-roller UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/+bug/1071759/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
