I have the same problem in Oracle Linux 5 and 6; CentOS 5 and 6 and in RedHat 5
Here is how to reporoduce the error /etc/fstab //192.168.1.100/Oracle /mnt/Oracle cifs username=orcl,password=orcl 0 0 /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 ntfs defaults 0 0 When you save a file to /mnt/Oracle or /mnt/sda1, gedit immediately wants you to reload it. If you reload, you lost your ability of undo any changes prior to the save, if you don't do what gedit wants, you may end up with an empty file "Save Anyway" But if you save the file to any Linux partition such /u01/app/oracle... gedit works fine -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/34813 Title: gedit fails to save files over smbfs/cifs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gedit/+bug/34813/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs