>>>>> "Ben" == Ben Donohue <[email protected]> writes:



Ben> created a Data folder in my home folder and then as root typed...
Ben> mount -t cifs //10.1.1.200/data/ Data which works in that
Ben> Thunderbird sees it in the save as dialog box, but not after a
Ben> reboot.

Ben> How do I make this permanent?

Add it to /etc/fstab.

Something like:
 //10.1.1.200/data/ /home/ben/Data cifs defaults 0 0

should do the trick.

Ben> Thanks all for your help so far...  Ben




Ben> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [SLUG]
Ben> Thunderbird saving attachment to NAS Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012
Ben> 18:53:10 +1100 From: David Lyon <[email protected]>
Ben> To: Ben Donohue <[email protected]>



Ben> Well, it depends how it is mounted.

Ben> If the drive doesn't appear in the places list, then its not a
Ben> .gvfs share.

Ben> I don't know a better way to described it.

Ben> The NAS folder neededs to be in a .gvfs (hidden) directory.

Ben> After that, things work better.

Ben> Somebody else would know more.

Ben> On 3/19/12, Ben Donohue<[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I have a NAS box and it is visible in Gnome file browser. I can
>> save files to it fine.
>> 
>> When I open Thunderbird and have an attachment to save, I'm only
>> able to save to local folders, rather than the NAS drive.
>> 
>> In thunderbird it has Documents, Music, Videos, etc but no network
>> drive.
>> 
>> Is there a way in Thunderbird to mount a drive or is there
>> somewhere else in Gnome to have a default network location that
>> apps like thunderbird use for their places to save?
>> 
>> (Using Centos) Thanks, Ben
>> 
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