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Unable to Browse Windows Network Shares in Ubuntu
Issue:
When attempting to browse Windows network shares from Gnome Nautilus, the window will become unresponsive and the operation will eventually timeout.
Affects:
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.10
Cause:
wins is not enabled as a host resolution mechanism in /etc/nsswitch.conf; winbind is not installed.
Resolution:
Open /etc/nsswitch.conf in your favorite editor and ensure the hosts line matches the precise order below (you are adding wins).
hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] wins dns mdns4
Install winbind
sudo apt-get install winbind
References:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1169149
April 10th, 2011 - 21:57
Tried it, nailed it, problem solved. Thank you for posting it. I’ve had the problem for a while and have been banging my head against the wall. This short fix did the trick. Sweet!
May 12th, 2011 - 16:10
This did the trick for me too. I was having a problem with this same issues on Ubuntu 11.04. Thanks for posting this solution.