In Ubuntu 17.10 I could go into "Other Locations -> Windows Network" and my Samba servers would automatically show up. I did a clean install of Ubuntu 18.04 on two machines. Now, "Windows Network" immediately comes up with "Folder is Empty" on the two 18.04 machines and the Samba servers are no longer automatically found. My 17.10 machines still work fine.
However, I can still manually type in the information in "Connect to Server" and the 18.04 machines connect just fine.
It's the "automatically finding the servers" part that is no longer working.
I suspect it's related to the problem that 18.04 is no longer automatically finding printers like 17.10 did either.
From syslog:
Apr 27 13:49:34 david-HP-ProBook-440-G2 dbus-daemon[1333]: [session uid=1000 pid=1333] Activating service name='org.gnome.Nautilus' requested by ':1.13' (uid=1000 pid=1468 comm="/usr/bin/gnome-shell " label="unconfined")
Apr 27 13:49:34 david-HP-ProBook-440-G2 dbus-daemon[1333]: [session uid=1000 pid=1333] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.Nautilus'
Apr 27 13:49:35 david-HP-ProBook-440-G2 dbus-daemon[754]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.hostname1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.hostname1.service' requested by ':1.131' (uid=1000 pid=4857 comm="/usr/bin/nautilus --gapplication-service " label="unconfined")
Apr 27 13:49:35 david-HP-ProBook-440-G2 systemd[1]: Starting Hostname Service...
Apr 27 13:49:35 david-HP-ProBook-440-G2 nautilus[4857]: Called "net usershare info" but it failed: Failed to execute child process “net” (No such file or directory)
Apr 27 13:49:35 david-HP-ProBook-440-G2 dbus-daemon[754]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.hostname1'
Apr 27 13:49:35 david-HP-ProBook-440-G2 systemd[1]: Started Hostname Service.
Apr 27 13:49:40 david-HP-ProBook-440-G2 gvfsd[1432]: mkdir failed on directory /var/cache/samba: Permission denied
Nautilus: 1:3.26.3-0ubuntu4
In Ubuntu 17.10 I could go into "Other Locations -> Windows Network" and my Samba servers would automatically show up. I did a clean install of Ubuntu 18.04 on two machines. Now, "Windows Network" immediately comes up with "Folder is Empty" on the two 18.04 machines and the Samba servers are no longer automatically found. My 17.10 machines still work fine.
However, I can still manually type in the information in "Connect to Server" and the 18.04 machines connect just fine.
It's the "automatically finding the servers" part that is no longer working.
I suspect it's related to the problem that 18.04 is no longer automatically finding printers like 17.10 did either.
From syslog: ProBook- 440-G2 dbus-daemon[1333]: [session uid=1000 pid=1333] Activating service name='org. gnome.Nautilus' requested by ':1.13' (uid=1000 pid=1468 comm="/ usr/bin/ gnome-shell " label="unconfined") ProBook- 440-G2 dbus-daemon[1333]: [session uid=1000 pid=1333] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome. Nautilus' ProBook- 440-G2 dbus-daemon[754]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org. freedesktop. hostname1' unit='dbus- org.freedesktop .hostname1. service' requested by ':1.131' (uid=1000 pid=4857 comm="/ usr/bin/ nautilus --gapplication- service " label="unconfined") ProBook- 440-G2 systemd[1]: Starting Hostname Service... ProBook- 440-G2 nautilus[4857]: Called "net usershare info" but it failed: Failed to execute child process “net” (No such file or directory) ProBook- 440-G2 dbus-daemon[754]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedeskto p.hostname1' ProBook- 440-G2 systemd[1]: Started Hostname Service. ProBook- 440-G2 gvfsd[1432]: mkdir failed on directory /var/cache/samba: Permission denied
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