does not list smb shares correctly

[Collin Stocks]

After a clean install of Hardy Heron, nautilus stopped being able to detect the samba shares on other Windows XP computers. However, I know that the share still exists, because I can use smb4k to mount it onto the filesystem and browse it. However, I don't want to have to do that. I want to use Nautilus.

[Collin Stocks (collinstocks)]

Attached is a screenshot of nautilus and smb4k next to each other. As you can see, there are shares on the network inside mshome, but nautilus can't see them. This has not been a problem in previous versions of Ubuntu.

[Mark Falcey (mfalcey)]

I can confirm this problem with nautilus and samba shares using nautilus 2.22.3 along with a few other problems.

The following is from my .xsessions-errors file:

Initializing nautilus-share extension
seahorse nautilus module initialized

** Message: failed to load session from /home/mark386/.nautilus/saved-session-Z6O3BU

** (nautilus:6236): WARNING **: Unable to add monitor: Not supported

** (nautilus:6236): WARNING **: Can not calculate _NET_NUMBER_OF_DESKTOPS

** (nautilus:6236): WARNING **: Can not calculate _NET_NUMBER_OF_DESKTOPS

** (nautilus:6236): WARNING **: Can not get _NET_WORKAREA

** (nautilus:6236): WARNING **: Can not determine workarea, guessing at layout
present.

Nautilus-Share-Message: Called "net usershare info" but it failed: 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare: cannot open usershare directory /var/lib/samba/usershares. Error No such file or directory
Please ask your system administrator to enable user sharing.

I don't even use samba.

Linux version 2.6.24-18-generic (buildd@terranova) (gcc version 4.2.3 (Ubuntu 4.2.3-2ubuntu7)) #1 SMP Wed May 28 20:27:26 UTC 2008 (Ubuntu 2.6.24-18.32-generic)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

thank you for your bug report, does the machine requires authentification to be browsed?

[Collin Stocks (collinstocks)]

No, the machine requires no authentication to browse the shares.

In addition, if I run MS Windows in a virtual machine, it can see and browse the shares flawlessly, so I know that it should be possible. I'm pretty sure that the virtual machine just uses packet forwarding, so any request that it makes, it looks like my computer is making it. It does not have its own IP address.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

does using smbc to browse the shares work correctly? what about gnomevfs-ls?

[Collin Stocks (collinstocks)]

smbc freezes and gnomevfs-ls is as follows:

collin@collin-laptop:~$ gnomevfs-ls smb://
mshome (Regular, application/x-desktop) size 0
collin@collin-laptop:~$ gnomevfs-ls smb://mshome
COLLIN-LAPTOP (Regular, application/x-desktop) size 0
SLARTIBARTFAST (Regular, application/x-desktop) size 0
collin@collin-laptop:~$ gnomevfs-ls smb://SLARTIBARTFAST
Error opening: Timeout reached
collin@collin-laptop:~$ gnomevfs-ls smb://COLLIN-LAPTOP
collin@collin-laptop:~$

again, there is no authentication set up for SLARTIBARTFAST, but there is for COLLIN-LAPTOP. There is supposed to be one directory in COLLIN-LAPTOP, that being "print$"

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

which of those are you trying to browse? does gvfs-ls lists those correctly?

[Collin Stocks (collinstocks)]

I'm trying to browse SLARTIBARTFAST, which does not require authentication. However, the listing is incorrect for COLLIN-LAPTOP. This is not surprising, though, since COLLIN-LAPTOP requires authentication.

[cncsc (cscreg)]

i have the same problem

[Steve Melvin (jinksys)]

See bugreport: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/259978 and try to the workaround there.

[Collin Stocks (collinstocks)]

The workaround works like a charm, and should be put into an upgrade/release.

>> I went to my /etc/samba/smb.conf file and uncommented and changed this line:
>>
>> name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast
>> to
>> name resolve order = lmhosts wins bcast host

[Lucas Pottersky (lucaspottersky)]

the workaround didn't work. i'm able to list shares only through smb4k.

exactly the same problem here.

System:
Nautilus 2.22.3
Linux fora 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Wed Aug 20 22:56:21 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
$ smbclient -V
Version 3.0.28a

[Martin G Miller (mgmiller)]

I have 6 Ubuntu 8.04.1 machines and all of them developed the same problem at about the same time. The workaround noted above of editing smb.conf worked in all 6 machines. It does take about 44 seconds for the Places > Network applet to appear, but after that, browsing the network is fine. I also had to log off and back on to get it to work.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

declining the gutsy task since gvfs is new in hardy, the workaround indicates the issue is a samba config one and not a bug

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

could you try if that's still an issue using current intrepid updates or jaunty?

[Collin Stocks (collinstocks)]

I've tested it, and it is not an issue in either in the current Intrepid update or the current Jaunty update.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

thank you for the update, closing the bug since that works now