[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 119207] New: LibreOffice help system does not help for connecting to and using files in a Samba server

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119207

            Bug ID: 119207
           Summary: LibreOffice help system does not help for connecting
                    to and using files in a Samba server
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 6.0.6.2 release
          Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
                OS: Linux (All)
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Documentation
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: kiv at mail.orbitel.bg
                CC: olivier.hallot at documentfoundation.org

Unfortunately the help of LibreOffice does not help about how to connect from
Linux to a Samba server.

Many people are using Samba servers for file shearing between Linux and Windows
in the same network. This is because many companies are using together Linux
and Windows desktop computers.

But if one such user is trying to connect his Linux based LibreOffice to
open/save a file on a Samba share, he/she can not found any useful help. 
Enough clear and practical suggestion how to achieve it is missing in the
online or offline help system of LibreOffice.

Please try to open File --> Open... --> Servers...
You can found there around 16 connection options but no any about a Samba
share.

If one will try to use the option for Windows Share, the dialog will present
him as host the following URL: https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2 (!?!)
It looks like our regular user willing to connect to his company intranet Samba
server, will stop here and could not do noting more.
If he/she clicks the Help button of the form it will be lost as could not found
any useful intonation.
This is because for this connection option there are given only 6 rows of
information without any example or possible options how to use them.

Also searching the Web does not give exact and practical explanation how one
can connect LibreOffice to a Samba server via above Servers... button.

Even it is not clear is it possible at all.

My suggestion is to give in the help system more practical explanations with
some examples about how to connect.
Such explanations should be written so, to make it easy to connect for any
LibreOffice users, not only for the IT hackers.

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