Closed Bug 173920 Opened 22 years ago Closed 19 years ago

file: URLs to UNC do not mount drive

Categories

(Core :: Networking: File, defect)

x86
Windows ME
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

()

RESOLVED EXPIRED

People

(Reporter: brax, Assigned: dougt)

References

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826

When opening URL like file://///server/smth , and we have no previous connection
to this network resource, browser display alert "file cannot be found".

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. disconect network some_net_resource
2. type file://///some_net_resource in address bar (where url is correct, exist
resource)


Actual Results:  
alert "file cannot be found"

Expected Results:  
open a resource
.
Assignee: asa → dougt
Component: Browser-General → Networking: File
QA Contact: asa → benc
John, please confirm, if yes, update status to NEW.  Thanks!
QA Contact: benc → junruh
With windows, if you are not connected to another server, that drive does not 
presently exist for Windows, therefore you cannot reach a file on that drive at 
that time with Mozilla, Navigator 4.X, or Internet Explorer. You must connect to 
the network drive first.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Internet explorer 5.5 or 6 can do this. I don't know what about previous 
versions.
I cannot reproduce with IE 6.0.2800.1106.
1.) Steps: Connect to in-house \\dist\surge as drive E.
2.) Open a file on drive E - file:///E:/apps/juggle.gif and copy the URL to the
clipboard.
3.) Close IE and disconnect from the network drive.
4.) Restart IE and paste file:///E:/apps/juggle.gif into IE and press enter.
"What I get: "Windows cannot find file 'file:///E:/apps/juggle.gif""
OK. but you map your drive.
Please do as follow:
1) Start your System.
2) Open new IExplorer window
3) Enter in address bar file://///dist/surge/apps/juggle.gif and press enter
You should see your file conntent.
Now restart your system and try repeat with Mozilla.
You should get: "The file ///dist/surge/apps/juggle.gif cannot be found. Please 
check the location and try again."
Status: RESOLVED → UNCONFIRMED
Resolution: INVALID → ---
QA Contact: junruh → benc
What's the expected behavior here? Does this work in the regular Win Explorer?
Summary: can't open file from samba before opening a connection with another application → file: URLs to UNC do not mount drive
Are you kidding?
Wasn't it clear to you what I wrote?
I want to open a file from network neighborhood in mozilla.
In some cases, which I described before, I can't do this.
But I can do this in M$ IE. (not like junruh@netscape.com suggest in comment #3)
I hope this clears it for you.
I'm talking about Windows Explorer.

What I'm trying to establish here is whether or not this automounting behavior
is expected as a system-level feature, or if IE has some app-level code.
I don't know the answer. How can I check it?
What does Windows Explorer (not IE) do?
Open the file.
Okay, to summarize:
UNC's work as expected in Win Explorer and in IE, but not in mozilla.

Mapped drive letters do not work in IE, but we don't really care...
Blocks: 101953
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Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago19 years ago
Resolution: --- → EXPIRED
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