Hello,
I’ve just started to return to linux as my main work environment after a few years of abstinence.
I want to access an smb share, which is running on my NAS system, which is working fine with plasma / KDE apps, but with GTK-based apps, like Firefox and Code, I can’t see my share.
Edit: the mount issue has been solved, the error was in front of the screen.
mount -t nfs nas:/sharedFolder /mnt/entrypoint creates a symlink but then never finishes running.
I’ve installed gvfs-smb.
What am I doing wrong?
I use Manjaro Plasma btw.
You’re mixing protocols on your share and access.
You mount with NFS then try to access with gvfs-smb, What you actually need is gvfs-nfs.
I use Arch xfce/awesomewm btw.
Using gvfs-nfs returns unknown file system type.
I’ve run mount -v yadda yadda and got portmap query failed: RPC: Unable to receive - Connection refused
So you need to work out what you actually want to access and use the correct protocol/command combo.
You mentioned in your post 2 protocols SMB and NFS.
If the share is SMB/windows then use mount -t cifs … (make life easier and ensure guest access is correct and working)
If the share is NFS then use mount -t nfs … (beware that nfs is also version specific)
Additionally use the correct gvfs tools either gvfs-smb or gvfs-nfs.
And as always when using arch based distro’s refer to wiki for full setup guides/examples
You’re right, I’ve been mixing up nfs and smb.
Meanwhile, I’ve found a solution: I’ve added the following line to my /etc/fstab:
//nas/sharedFolder /mnt/entrypoint cifs credentials=/home/yourUserNameHere/.nascreds,uid=yourUserID,gid=yourGroupID,defaults,auto 0 0
then run sudo systemctl daemon-reload
followed by sudo mount -av.
make sure your credentials file can only read by users and groups you trust, in my case it’s 750.
However, this is still a workaround. The thing is, GTK-based apps don’t show network resources. That irks me.
