[wellylug] Accessing OpenOffice files across a Samba network

[andrej at paradise.net.nz]

Quoting Colin & Josephine Lewis <cjlewis at slingshot.co.nz>:

> I have OOo on my Linux box which is linked to my Window's-based laptop
> via Samba. I am wanting to be able to open and work on existing
> documents saved on my laptop, but cannot identify an appropriate path
> to
> my laptop from within OOo. Currently I have to open a separate window
> showing my laptop files and opening them in OOo from there, but would
> prefer to do it straight from the OOo 'file open' dialogue box. 
> 
> Anybody have any ideas on how to set this up?
How are you accessing them in the first place from your
separate window?  What path do you see in that window when
you do pwd?


> Colin
Cheers,
Andrej