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#1 2015-06-16 16:32:08

apurkrt
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From: Czechia, Europe
Registered: 2014-08-31
Posts: 48

[Solved] Can browse smb:// shares with Thunar, but cannot open files

Gentoo client accessing a Windows shared directory. I can browse the shared directory after putting smb://machine into location box, it is also possible to copy files from smb://machine/data/something.txt to local directory. But it is impossible to open a file directly. I.e., if I doubleclick something.txt, mousepad opens - but it's empty. If I dblclick picture.png - Geeqie opens, but it does not show the picture.

Is there a way how to fix this? I somehow got the note "smb:// is a protocol, not file location" on irc, but isn't there a way how to mount the remote directory (or machine)? From a user's point of view, it is rather confusing.

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#2 2015-06-16 18:35:04

hjudt
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Registered: 2014-11-27
Posts: 21

Re: [Solved] Can browse smb:// shares with Thunar, but cannot open files

gvfsd-fuse needs to be installed and running to support this.

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#3 2015-06-17 07:41:18

apurkrt
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From: Czechia, Europe
Registered: 2014-08-31
Posts: 48

Re: [Solved] Can browse smb:// shares with Thunar, but cannot open files

hjudt, you pointed me in the right direction! I didn't have the "fuse" USE flag enabled. After enabling it & recompiling gnome-base/gvfs, it is working now - smb:// get's mounted under $HOME/.gvfs/.

Thank you!

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