network: should list NFS shares too

[RedBoot]

Binary package hint: nautilus

I've been trying to use the Shared Folders functionality in Dapper Drake beta (updates through today, 2006-05-07) After successfully exporting an NFS share on server, I ran Places, Network Servers on client. After a short wait, Windows workgroup networks and shared folders were available and functioning. NFS shares from server never appear.

I can go out the the CLI and issue "showmount -e 192.168.1.23" and it displays the available NFS share. I issue "mount -o rw 192.168.1.23:/shared /shared" and the NFS share mounts correctly.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for your bug. You can add a network place to it but I'm not sure than NFS is made to be browsable the way you want. Usually you mount a share and don't browse a NFS network.

Anybody else knowing NFS with an option on that? Is that realistic for NFS or something not standard for the protocol?

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

Maybe this should be turned into a spec.

[RedBoot (scott-redboot)]

If you mean by "spec" that it should be a feature, I would heartily agree.
The ability to browse for NFS shares would be pretty cool.

On 1/10/07, Daniel Holbach <email address hidden> wrote:
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> Maybe this should be turned into a spec.
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> network: should list NFS shares too
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/43363
>

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

We should probably close this bug and somebody should volunteer to add the spec here: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addspec

[RedBoot (scott-redboot)]

Okay, I gave it a shot. I'm new to this so I went to this site and added a
spec as "nautilus-browse-nfs."
Attached is a screenshot of the spec.
I wasn't sure what to put in the URL. I also don't see how to close the bug.
Scott
On 2/2/07, Daniel Holbach <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> We should probably close this bug and somebody should volunteer to add
> the spec here: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addspec
>
> --
> network: should list NFS shares too
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/43363
>

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

Thanks for working on this.

[DaveAbrahams (boostpro)]

In my opinion there's no way this should be marked invalid. As http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=421182 describes, the documentation clearly states that you can browse NFS shares through the GUI. If you don't want to implement that right now, that's fine, but then this should be considered a valid documentation bug.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

could you make a screenshot of the dialog describing this or describe steps to get there?

[DaveAbrahams (boostpro)]

Quoting from the thread referenced above at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=421182 :

Files, Folders and Documents
Working with files
6.11. Navigating Remote Servers
6.11.2 To access network places

Quote:
If your system is configured to access places on a network, you can use the file manager to access the
network places.

To access network places, open the file manager and choose Places → Network Servers. A window opens that displays the network places that you can access. Double-click on the network that you want to access.

To access UNIX shares, double-click on the Unix Network (NFS) object. A list of the UNIX shares available to you is displayed in the file manager window.

To access Windows shares, double-click on the Windows Network (SMB) object. A list of the Windows shares available to you is displayed in the file manager window.
Also found here:

http://www.gnome.org/learn/users-guide/2.6/ch07s08.html

[DaveAbrahams (boostpro)]

That last link seems to have moved to: http://library.gnome.org/users/user-guide/2.14/nautilus-accessnetwork.html.en

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

reassigning to documentation

[Noel J. Bergman (noeljb)]

Still broken, even if I publish the NFS shares via AVAHI, which probably ought to be the connection. My SAMBA shares are shown, and my SSH shares (published by AVAHI) are shown, but NOT the NFS shares, despite being published.

If NFS shares are published via AVAHI, they ought to be shown. Ironically, NFS shared published by AVAHI do appear on the Mac, just not on Gnome, q.v., http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=523928

[sevka (sevka)]

Hi guys. I made Nautilus plugin for NFS sharing and browsing. Check it out:
http://nfs-lan.sevka.info/
It based on avahi and autofs.

Ok, it's only alpha version. But it's work on all my PC's and I gonna continue to work on it.

There is a deb package. Source will be soon on the Github I think, because Launchpad is too complicate for me.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Tudor Holton (tudor)]

I've also written about the fact that nfs:// as a prefix doesn't work in Nuatilus->Connect to Server on 15.10 either. http://askubuntu.com/questions/748397/how-do-i-mount-nfs-through-nautilus