[SOLVED] LM18.3 can't connect to W7 Shares

[lehnerus2000]

My LM18.3 MATE VM suddenly refuses to connect to my W7 Host.
It also refuses to connect to my friend's Arch machine too.

I created a bookmark in Caja months ago and it has always worked.
I was able to connect successfully a few days ago.

Now I get the dreaded "Failed to retrieve share list from server: Invalid argument" error dialog box.
I can Ping W7 and Arch successfully (using their IP addresses).

I tried a Terminal command, but that gave a "Caja cannot handle Samba locations" error dialog box.

I got some updates in the last couple of days.
One of them mentioned "Kerberos".

Any ideas on how to fix the issue?

[altair4]

In reverse order:

"Caja cannot handle Samba locations"

Why this would happen all of a sudden is disturbing but it sounds like a missing or broken package:

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sudo apt --reinstall install gvfs-backends

OR if it's not there at all:

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sudo apt install  gvfs-backends

"Failed to retrieve share list from server: Invalid argument"

This may be due to a bad update in Win7: Please see this: SUDDENLY Windows 7 KB4480970 Blocks Access for Linux Samba shares

[lehnerus2000]

Thanks for your reply altair4.

Since every MS update for W7 was "accidentally" released in a broken state last year, I haven't applied any since the December 2017 updates.
I'm relying on Macrium Reflect Backup Images to protect me.

I added W7's info to the hosts file and now I have no trouble connecting.

I also have no trouble connecting to my friend's Arch machine, even though I didn't add it to hosts.
My friend said he made an adjustment to his Arch system (Microsoft Name Server wasn't running).

Maybe it was just some weird glitch in my VM (corrupt system process?) that has now fixed itself.

I hate it when you have an issue, it goes away and you never know how it was fixed.