Since syslog said: Called "net usershare info" but it failed: Failed to execute child process “net” (No such file or directory)
I installed: sudo apt install samba-common-bin It still doesn't work, but now syslog says: Apr 27 15:21:39 david-HP-ProBook-440-G2 dbus-daemon[1331]: [session uid=1000 pid=1331] Activating service name='org.gnome.Nautilus' requested by ':1.13' (uid=1000 pid=1466 comm="/usr/bin/gnome-shell " label="unconfined") Apr 27 15:21:39 david-HP-ProBook-440-G2 dbus-daemon[1331]: [session uid=1000 pid=1331] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.Nautilus' Apr 27 15:21:40 david-HP-ProBook-440-G2 dbus-daemon[760]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.hostname1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.hostname1.service' requested by ':1.119' (uid=1000 pid=2778 comm="/usr/bin/nautilus --gapplication-service " label="unconfined") Apr 27 15:21:40 david-HP-ProBook-440-G2 systemd[1]: Starting Hostname Service... Apr 27 15:21:40 david-HP-ProBook-440-G2 nautilus[2778]: Called "net usershare info" but it failed: 'net usershare' returned error 255: mkdir failed on directory /var/run/samba/msg.lock: Permission denied#012net usershare: cannot open usershare directory /var/lib/samba/usershares. Error No such file or directory#012Please ask your system administrator to enable user sharing. Apr 27 15:21:40 david-HP-ProBook-440-G2 dbus-daemon[760]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.hostname1' Apr 27 15:21:40 david-HP-ProBook-440-G2 systemd[1]: Started Hostname Service. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1767454 Title: "Other Locations" do not automatically find Samba servers in Ubuntu 18.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1767454/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
