You have been subscribed to a public bug: I have a SAMBA server for my home. I've setup shares that are guest- accessible, but are only writable by authenticated users.
On a windows box, it shows a prompt asking for the password - if it is provided, the access is authenticated. If it isn't provided, it falls to the guest access. But, on a Ubuntu box, using nautilus to browse to "network", it doesn't ask for the password, and there are no options on Gnome GUI to set the user/password to use when connecting to the share. The only way to access the shares with the proper permission is editing the /etc/fstab file, as said on the guide : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MountWindowsSharesPermanently The expected is to have a prompt when connecting, asking the password or suggesting the use of guest account, or having a "properties" on the server, where one can set the username/password to use. ** Affects: gnome-vfs2 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Confirmed -- allow the use authenticated smb shares without editing /ect/fstab https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/119774 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
