[Solved] One PC does not show up in Nemo (all Linux, Samba problem?)

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[Solved] One PC does not show up in Nemo (all Linux, Samba problem?)

Post by stefan_o »

Hello,

I've got three PCs in my network: Two with Mint 19, one with Ubuntu 18.04 Server. All use exactly the same Samba version. There is no custom setting in smb.conf except the shares on the Ubuntu server.
The two Mint 19 can see and access each other, no problem, but the Ubuntu Server (IP: 192.168.1.101) cannot be seen by them in Nemo. They all have the same workgroup, smbtree can see all devices from all devices. smbclient can access them no problem. From my mobile phone VLCs internal smb client can easily access all 3 devices.
If I enter smb://192.168.1.101 in Nemo it says the address cannot be found, same when I enter the name. I tried to figure out the problem and read a lot about different SMB versions, but that does not seem to be the problem.

After I do:
gio mount smb://192.168.1.101

The address smb://192.168.1.101 can be opened in Nemo (works also with the name), but the device is still not listed in the Network overview.

Unfortunately I cannot find any useful log entry to find out what's the problem, but I assume something for name resolving is missing on the Ubuntu Server, but what?

Best regards
Stefan
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Re: One PC does not show up in Nemo (all Linux, Samba problem?)

Post by altair4 »

That's a curious set of symptoms you've got there.

Part of this is easy:
The two Mint 19 can see and access each other, no problem, but the Ubuntu Server (IP: 192.168.1.101) cannot be seen by them in Nemo.
I hope by Ubuntu Server you really mean Ubuntu Server but there is one thing the Ubuntu / Mint desktop has installed that Ubuntu does not. So install it on the server:

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sudo apt install avahi-daemon
That will enable Sambas "multcast DNS" registration option and your network will no longer be dependent on workgroup, netbios names, and all the rest of the Windows specific mess. It will show up outside of the "Windows Network" folder in Nemo.

The thing about using the ip address is just plain weird. I need to think upon that a bit.
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Re: One PC does not show up in Nemo (all Linux, Samba problem?)

Post by stefan_o »

Thank you very much! Installed avahi-daemon and it worked immediately! Yes I meant the real Ubuntu Server.
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