How to save file from LibreOffice to an SMB share
I have a NAS that I use for schoolwork etc and I'm trying to save a document to it from LibreOffice, but the save dialog doesn't give me any way to access the share. The path seems to default to a temporary location in /run/user/1000. I can access the share from Dolphin directly but that doesn't help me. Earlier I was able to get KIO-Fuse to create a temporary mount that I could use with MATLAB but that doesn't seem to be working now.
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mount your network drive to a folder then it should be useable in all programs https://www.linode.com/docs/guides/linux-mount-smb-share/
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Mount an SMB Share in Linux
Learn how to mount a Windows directory in Linux using the SMB Protocol. This enables you to remotely access and modify you files.
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This may be a stupid question, but why are there different folders in /run/user/1000 between Dolphin and LibreOffice's save dialog?
Solution
mount your network drive to a folder then it should be useable in all programs https://www.linode.com/docs/guides/linux-mount-smb-share/
Linode Guides & Tutorials
Mount an SMB Share in Linux
Learn how to mount a Windows directory in Linux using the SMB Protocol. This enables you to remotely access and modify you files.
also use flatseal to give libreoffice access to /media and /mnt
This is my /etc/fstab but it's not mounting automatically. I did run systemctl daemon-reload as the file recommends.
I got it working. The spaces in the paths need to be represented by \040 https://superuser.com/questions/527495/how-to-mount-partition-with-spaces-in-path. The credentials file path needs to replace ~ with /home/[user]
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How to mount partition with spaces in path
I created one partition and I wanted to mount that partition to this directory /home/max/VirtualBox VMs
I wrote this line in fstab:
/dev/sda4 /home/max/VirtualBox\ VMs ext4 defaults ...
What the guide doesn't say:
install cifs-utils through homebrew: sudo brew install cifs utils
the mount commands should be sudo.
run the systemctl daemon-reload after editing fstab.
use "sudo mount -a" to verify fstab is correct
Btw if you're following the first procedure with fstab or a credentials file, add "-o username=[usr]" if the smb user isn't root.
I now have two mount locations which is a little weird but at least it works
