James Walters, this phenomenon is verified in Trusty attempting to discover a Windows 7 share with Nautilus via a WiFi router connection. Strangely enough, if I spun up a Vista virtual local to the Trusty install (which uses a virtual switch, not a router) I could see its share by hostname with no modification.
What allowed me to see the Windows share over WiFi: sudo nano /etc/nsswitch.conf hosts: files wins Restarted and now the Windows 7 share is discoverable via hostname in Nautilus. Thank you for reporting this to Ubuntu. Please feel free to report any future bugs you may find. Helpful bug reporting tips: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs ** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** Summary changed: - unable to connect to windows network pc's + Unable to see Windows share hostnames in Nautilus -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server/Client Support Team, which is subscribed to samba in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: Ubuntu Server/Client Support Team https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252245 Title: Unable to see Windows share hostnames in Nautilus To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/252245/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~enterprise-support Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~enterprise-support More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
