Install the cifs-utils package and then check "man mount.cifs" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1428049
Title: cannot register database Status in libreoffice package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: I have an odb file in the file server. I want to use it in order to create something (let's say a mail merge document) I cannot register it in libreoffice since it is not a local file. lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS Release: 14.04 apt-cache policy libreoffice libreoffice: Εγκατεστημένα: 1:4.2.7-0ubuntu2 Υποψήφιο: 1:4.2.7-0ubuntu2 Πίνακας Έκδοσης: *** 1:4.2.7-0ubuntu2 0 500 http://gr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:4.2.7-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/universe amd64 Packages 1:4.2.3~rc3-0ubuntu2 0 500 http://gr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages How to reproduce: Save any odb file in a fileserver in your network. Open it to see it works ok. Now open any libreoffice file. Go to Tools-> Options Select on the left LibreOffice Base -> Databases Click on create. Click on search. Select the odb file the previously checked as working. Give a name and click OK Message appears that says: file smb://"servername"/"filename" does not exist in local file system (messages are my translations from greek since I use greek in my computer) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1428049/+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