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Idea #537: Ubuntu needs a GUI based tool for mounting network shares

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #403: Improve file/folder sharing experience (Samba).
Written by jonathanmotes the 29 Feb 08 at 02:37. Category: Internet & Networking. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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Ubuntu needs a GUI tool so that samba shares may be truly mounted. The "connect to server" option does not really mount network drives and files on the shares are still not accessable from many programs. For instance, Eclipse cannot open files that are saved on network shares - even when connections have been created using the "connect to server" tool. This would also make it so that media players such as XMMS that do not have streaming support can play audio files from shares. A GUI frontend for the samba fuse utility may be all that is needed.
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Written by jonathanmotes the 29 Feb 08 at 02:37.
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reacocard wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 03:45
The gio/gvfs framework, which will be implemented in Hardy, will make this happen eventually. I doubt it will work perfectly in hardy, but I would expect it mostly ready by hardy+1.

wolfier wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 07:57
we should bypass Gnome Volume Manager and use Fuse directly.


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