[Bug 1767454] Re: "Other Locations" does not automatically find Samba servers in Ubuntu 18.04

[Andreas Hasenack]

Do your servers show up under "Networks" in "other locations", just
alongside the "Windows Network" folder? My NAS does show up there, but
it could be because of some sort of zeroconf broadcast, not smb. My
"windows network" is also empty, I'm just checking if newer windows
installs would show up outside of "windows network" like my NAS does.

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Title:
  "Other Locations" does not automatically find Samba servers in Ubuntu
  18.04

Status in gvfs:
  Confirmed
Status in samba:
  Unknown
Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in samba package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Ubuntu: 18.04 clean install
  Nautilus: 1:3.26.3-0ubuntu4

  The actions taken to produce the problem:
  Click on “Other Locations” in Nautilus.

  The expected result of these actions:
  Samba servers to automatically show up under “Networks”. This is the behavior in Ubuntu 17.10 using Nautilus 1:3.26.0-0ub. Also, clicking on “”Windows Network” immediately shows "Folder is Empty".

  The actual result of these actions:
  The Samba servers never show up under “Networks” and clicking on "Windows Network" always immediately comes up with "Folder is Empty".

  Further information:
  This happens on both machines with a clean Ubuntu 18.04 install. My Ubuntu 17.10 machines still work like expected.

  I can still manually type in the Samba information in "Connect to
  Server" and the 18.04 machines connect just fine.

  
  From syslog:
  Apr 27 13:49:34 david-HP-ProBook-440-G2 dbus-daemon[1333]: [session uid=1000 pid=1333] Activating service name='org.gnome.Nautilus' requested by ':1.13' (uid=1000 pid=1468 comm="/usr/bin/gnome-shell " label="unconfined")
  Apr 27 13:49:34 david-HP-ProBook-440-G2 dbus-daemon[1333]: [session uid=1000 pid=1333] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.Nautilus'
  Apr 27 13:49:35 david-HP-ProBook-440-G2 dbus-daemon[754]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.hostname1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.hostname1.service' requested by ':1.131' (uid=1000 pid=4857 comm="/usr/bin/nautilus --gapplication-service " label="unconfined")
  Apr 27 13:49:35 david-HP-ProBook-440-G2 systemd[1]: Starting Hostname Service...
  Apr 27 13:49:35 david-HP-ProBook-440-G2 nautilus[4857]: Called "net usershare info" but it failed: Failed to execute child process “net” (No such file or directory)
  Apr 27 13:49:35 david-HP-ProBook-440-G2 dbus-daemon[754]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.hostname1'
  Apr 27 13:49:35 david-HP-ProBook-440-G2 systemd[1]: Started Hostname Service.
  Apr 27 13:49:40 david-HP-ProBook-440-G2 gvfsd[1432]: mkdir failed on directory /var/cache/samba: Permission denied

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