Cannot open files over a smb network connection

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#1

openSUSE 42.2 (x86_64)
VERSION = 42.2
CODENAME = Malachite
Samba version 4.4.2-9.1-0-SUSE-SLE_12-x86_64

New SusE user here, and I’m having an issue connecting to Windows shares - Server 2012R2.

I can successfully connect to the windows share using a windows machine, and it also successfully worked using Linux Mint.

I have connected to the share using Dolphin, I get prompted for my domain credentials, I eneter them and then I see all the file and folders and drill down through them just as one would expect.

smb://10.100.0.36/store

However, when I try and open a PDF it fails, with the following message
“Could not open smb://myuser.name@10.100.0.36/store/my.pdf. Reason: The file or folder smb://myuser.name@10.100.0.36/store/my.pdf does not exist.”

However, I can copy the file over and then open it, so it is when I try and open the file over the network share.

The permissions on the windows server side look fine.

Is there a fix for this?

#2

My suggestion would be to mount the smb share locally. That way the OS will see the files on the smb share like any other file.

sudo mount //10.100.0.36/store /mnt/windows -t cifs -o username=foo,password=bar

Obviously, replace what I have with whatever works for you.

#3

Thanks, that worked great.