network:/// can't be browsed, ubuntu 7.10

[stormzen]

Symptoms of this bug can be seen when attempting to browse the network:// in either konqueror or nautilus, so the bug may not be in either package. It appears to be the same bug posted here:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/cant-browse-network-by-workgroup-name-in-konqueror-623178/

Basically, goes something like this:

When browsing network:/// in nautilus, can browse up to WIndows Network, and then get the message:
"Sorry, couldn't display all the contents of "Windows Network: ... "

When browsing network folders in konqueror, it will time out (fast!)

This may have something to do with samba configuration file. Switching from " hosts allow = 192.168.10.0/24 192.168.138.0/24 172.16.235.0/24 eth0" to "interfaces = eth0 vmnet1 vmnet8" caused different symptoms:

Nautilus now shows an empty network of 0 items when double-clicking on the Windows network, but konqueror works as it should, no problems.

Finally, this configuration: "hosts allow = 127.0.0.0/8 192.168.10.0/24 eth0" causes konqueror to display this message:
"Unable to find any workgroups in your local network. This might be caused by an enabled firewall.", but Nautilus still shows an empty network of 0 items and no error message.

Just to be thorough, I took down my firewall (The only way I could get a firewall to work with samba this time around was to take a ShoreWall firewall and heavily customize it). Konqueror worked (so my firewall probably didn't like 127.0.0.1), but it didn't change an empty network of 0 items in nautilus.

I went back to my original installed file. It appears that commenting out both the "interface" settings and the "host allow" settings causes both Nautilus and Konqueror to work as expected. ... Unless Samba is doing away with those settings, however, it's probably still a bug.

I don't know if this a security vulnerability, but it definitely affects a security mechanism in Samba.

[ekendra (mayapur)]

I've got the same issue. Details are here:

http://ohioloco.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=711590

[ethanay (ethan-y-us)]

laptop running 8.04 w/latest updates

same symptoms. in addition, it seems like the network just isn't updated. currently displayed in nautilus under the network:/// directory:
[my laptop] [windows network] and [a computer from the last network this computer was logged into]

the third computer shouldn't even be showing, as i am now on a completely different network. so it looks to me like Samba is failing to update nautilus.

[ethanay (ethan-y-us)]

I tried all the steps here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=620674

and none of them worked. logging out and logging back in has cleared the problem and the windows network groups and shares have reappeared...until they disappear again.

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10 or 9.04?

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to New. Thanks again!.