Ubuntu
samba package

  1. Bionic (18.04)
  2. Bug #1801227
  3. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 1801227

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roothorick (8-roothorick-gmail-com) wrote :

Found a workaround: Enter the username and password as part of the URL when adding the source. That is:

smb://<username>:<password>@<host>/<folder>/

This isn't really acceptable, as it means the password is plainly visible onscreen as you're setting up the share.