embedding links to windows shares

[Bob Paige <bo...@gmail.com>]

How can I embed a link to a file on a windows share, within a wiki page?

Something like this:

[\\server\path\filename.doc]

Obviously this doesn't work becasue of the backslashes, but you get the
idea.

Thanks.

-- 
Bobman

RE: embedding links to windows shares

["Hobbs, Joseph" <Jo...@53.com>]

After applying those settings a while back in Firefox, I still had lots of trouble getting it to work.  In order for firefox to open these links predictably, you have to have 5 (yes, 5) slashes after file...  IE ignores the extras, so it works for either browser...  So my link looks like this

File://///windowsservername/sharename/etc...

To ensure that users don't forget all those lovely slashes, I went ahead and set up an interwiki link to the windows shares most popular internally...  So they just use SomeShare:/path/to/files.

Joseph Hobbs
Lead Technology Architect
Enabling Technologies : Technical Services
Fifth Third Bank

-----Original Message-----
From: Harry Metske [mailto:harry.metske@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 4:19 PM
To: jspwiki-user@incubator.apache.org
Subject: Re: embedding links to windows shares

maybe this will help :
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Links_to_local_pages_don%27t_work

but be aware it's a security risk

regards,
Harry

2009/2/3 Bob Paige <bo...@gmail.com>

> Quinn,
>
> Thanks, that works great (from IE). Does anyone have any idea what firefox
> setting is required?
>
> Thanks all for the incredibly quick responses!
>
> --
> Bobman
>
> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Quinn Fissler <qf...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > [File:\\server\share\directory]  works fine in MS IE but AFAIK firefox
> has
> > to have some security settings changed to work.
> >
> > 2009/2/3 Bob Paige <bo...@gmail.com>
> >
> > > How can I embed a link to a file on a windows share, within a wiki
> page?
> > >
> > > Something like this:
> > >
> > > [\\server\path\filename.doc]
> > >
> > > Obviously this doesn't work becasue of the backslashes, but you get the
> > > idea.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Bobman
> > >
> >
>

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Re: embedding links to windows shares

[Harry Metske <ha...@gmail.com>]

maybe this will help :
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Links_to_local_pages_don%27t_work

but be aware it's a security risk

regards,
Harry

2009/2/3 Bob Paige <bo...@gmail.com>

> Quinn,
>
> Thanks, that works great (from IE). Does anyone have any idea what firefox
> setting is required?
>
> Thanks all for the incredibly quick responses!
>
> --
> Bobman
>
> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Quinn Fissler <qf...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > [File:\\server\share\directory]  works fine in MS IE but AFAIK firefox
> has
> > to have some security settings changed to work.
> >
> > 2009/2/3 Bob Paige <bo...@gmail.com>
> >
> > > How can I embed a link to a file on a windows share, within a wiki
> page?
> > >
> > > Something like this:
> > >
> > > [\\server\path\filename.doc]
> > >
> > > Obviously this doesn't work becasue of the backslashes, but you get the
> > > idea.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Bobman
> > >
> >
>

Re: embedding links to windows shares

[Bob Paige <bo...@gmail.com>]

Quinn,

Thanks, that works great (from IE). Does anyone have any idea what firefox
setting is required?

Thanks all for the incredibly quick responses!

-- 
Bobman

On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Quinn Fissler <qf...@gmail.com> wrote:

> [File:\\server\share\directory]  works fine in MS IE but AFAIK firefox has
> to have some security settings changed to work.
>
> 2009/2/3 Bob Paige <bo...@gmail.com>
>
> > How can I embed a link to a file on a windows share, within a wiki page?
> >
> > Something like this:
> >
> > [\\server\path\filename.doc]
> >
> > Obviously this doesn't work becasue of the backslashes, but you get the
> > idea.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > --
> > Bobman
> >
>

Re: embedding links to windows shares

[Quinn Fissler <qf...@gmail.com>]

[File:\\server\share\directory]  works fine in MS IE but AFAIK firefox has
to have some security settings changed to work.

2009/2/3 Bob Paige <bo...@gmail.com>

> How can I embed a link to a file on a windows share, within a wiki page?
>
> Something like this:
>
> [\\server\path\filename.doc]
>
> Obviously this doesn't work becasue of the backslashes, but you get the
> idea.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Bobman
>

RE: embedding links to windows shares

[re...@ssq.ca]

> How can I embed a link to a file on a windows share, within a 
> wiki page?
> 
> Something like this:
> 
> [\\server\path\filename.doc]
> 
> Obviously this doesn't work becasue of the backslashes, but 
> you get the idea.

Try with [file://server/path/filename.doc]

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