[Bug 217894] [NEW] Firefox fails to import bookmarks from network share

[Aneurin Price]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

With Firefox 3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu1, on a recent version of Hardy
(daily from a couple of days ago, most updates applied since):

Import of bookmarks (and presumably any other files) fails silently when the selected file is on a network share.
To reproduce:
    Bookmarks -> Organize Bookmarks -> Import and Backup -> Import... -> From File -> Next
    Select a remote location in the Open File dialog; the following appears in ~/.xsession-errors:
        ** (firefox:17006): WARNING **: Operation not supported by backend
    Click Open - the dialog box closes as expected, but nothing happens.

Expected outcome: bookmarks are imported, or at least a message is
provided indicating that Firefox can't open files from a network share.

NB: The share is of course not mounted, however it is accessible to
Nautilus; going to Places -> <sharename> on <servername> works just
fine. This is a Samba share, if it makes any difference.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Apr 15 21:05:07 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-15-generic x86_64

** Affects: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug

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Firefox fails to import bookmarks from network share
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