I had that bug with a fresh install of released Ubuntu 18.04. I installed "samba-common-bin" and that error went away.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gvfs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1758653 Title: gvfsd[1366]: mkdir failed on directory /var/cache/samba: Permission denied Status in gvfs package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: gvfsd[1366]: mkdir failed on directory /var/cache/samba: Permission denied /var/cache/ has no 'samba' subdir nor file. oem@ubuntu:~$ ls -la /var/cache/ total 80 drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 Feb 19 18:57 . drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Dec 1 20:15 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 15 2017 apparmor drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Dec 1 20:15 app-info drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Mar 25 14:11 apt drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 19 18:00 apt-xapian-index drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 1 20:15 cracklib drwxrwx--- 3 root lp 4096 Mar 25 07:35 cups drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 23 04:41 debconf drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 1 18:55 dictionaries-common drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 Mar 19 04:28 fontconfig drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 9 19:50 gdm drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Mar 25 14:11 ldconfig drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 1 19:13 localepurge drwxr-xr-x 13 man man 4096 Mar 25 14:11 man -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 25 08:24 motd-news drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 1 19:57 PackageKit drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 24 14:56 snapd drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 20 04:57 ubuntu-advantage-tools ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: gvfs 1.36.0-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-13.14-generic 4.15.10 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-13-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Sun Mar 25 14:28:21 2018 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gvfs UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/1758653/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
