Another workaround that can fit some needs : use the package autofs You can configure it so that it mounts your network shares in a location like /mnt/autofs/servername/share You can then put a bookmark on this directory, and it seems to be always displayed in open/save dialogs (tested on Firefox and Thunderbird)
Autofs mounts and unmounts the shares automatically when they are used/unused If you need to use credentials (login/password) to connect to your SMB share, it's less straightforward but seems to work with a bit more config. See http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/autofs_avec_samba#acces_aux_partages_avec_authentification (in French) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/31471 Title: Firefox file selector should show remote shares Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser: Invalid Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “firefox-3.0” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Today I discovered that firefox can open files on remote shares (in this case a smb server) using nautilus. However, should be nice that the file selector in firefox could list those share, so things like uploads could be easier to do without copying file in local. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/31471/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
