connect to remote server windows share not working

[Rob]

In latest Ubuntu Hardy beta (upgraded from gutsy), I go to Locations -> Connect to server. I select the service type 'windows share', and type in the valid server IP address. - Only the IP address.

It however says I cannot mount this share because it is already mounted: Cannot show location "smb://10.0.0.217" - Location is already mounted.

However I do not have it opened now. Maybe it was mounted before, but right now it does not show up on the left in a Nautilus screen, like it used to in Gutsy.

And also, when I instead try ALT+F2, and type smb://10.0.0.217, it *does* show the shares and I can mount a share by right-clicking on it.

I hope this is reproducable for you. Let me know if I can do anything else.

[CalvinAguilar (calvin-calvinaguilar)]

I am having this exact same problem.

If I connect to the root of the share I see nothing, but if I go directly into a folder it works.

Does not work:
smb://serverName/

Does work:

smb://serverName/folder/

[Rob (robklg)]

Now I'm running Intrepid Ibex alpha1..

I no longer have the problem "it's already mounted"... So I guess that was a temporary problem (although it happened several times)...

But still, when I go to Locations -> connect to server, and only type in the server name... I get the error popup: "Cannot open location smb://server/ -- No application to open this type of file" (rough translation).

When I open Nautilus however, and enter "smb://server/", it nicely displays the available shares. Why doesn't the "connect to server" feature in "Locations" menu, not attempt to open smb://<servername>/ in nautilus?

This has never worked for me..

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A similar / related problem:

When I use the "execute a command" feature (such as opened through ALT+F2), I can type "/", and it will open nautilus... But it doesn't work with smb:// paths

[Rob (robklg)]

I would think this is perhaps more a request for change of behaviour / feature request.. And to me this behaviour is so obvious that I'm surprised this is still not 'fixed' in Intrepid.