[Bug 1872286] Re: gio - cifs mount smb not possible "Location is not mountable"

[Dirk Heumann]

Again: gvfs-backends is installed (it was removed without my knowledge during the update from Ubuntu 19.10 to 20.04 beta).  Perhaps you should not install a beta version on a productive
system ;-)

When I want to mount the drive as in Ubuntu 19.10, I get:

$ gio mount smb://192.168.178.1/sharename
Password required for share sharename on 192.168.178.1
User [SessionUserName]: NewUserIfDifferent
Domain [WORKGROUP]: NewDomainIfDifferent
Password: PassWord

In Ubuntu 20.04 beta I still get (after manual installation of `gvfs-
backends`, which was removed during the update from 19.10 to the beta

$ gio mount smb://192.168.178.1/sharename
gio: smb://192.168.178.1/sharename/: Failed to mount Windows share: Software caused connection abort

So, Ubuntu 20.04 does not request to enter the user, domain/workgroup,
password at all.

Remark: I could mount the drive via "sudo mount -t cifs ..." using the
"vers=1.0" switch in all Ubuntu versions, also in 20.04 beta.

Should I open a new bug?  The error and it's error message is now
different.  That the beta installer did remove the package `gvfs-
backends`, I will not test again, because I have only productive 19.10
systems.  I had several small glitches during the installation, so also
the repositories were grilled away but one - I am doing this since 2008
at least twice a year on at least 2 laptops, mostly I start with the
beta version.

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to glib2.0 in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1872286

Title:
  gio - cifs mount smb not possible "Location is not mountable"

Status in GLib:
  Unknown
Status in glib2.0 package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  1) Release
  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu Focal Fossa (development branch)
  Release:	20.04

  2) Package
  $ apt-cache policy libglib2.0-bin
  libglib2.0-bin:
    Installed: 2.64.1-1
    Candidate: 2.64.1-1
    Version table:
   *** 2.64.1-1 500
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  3) Expected to happen
  The path should be mounted at
  /run/user/1000/gvfs/smb-share:server=192.168.178.1,share=PathName/

  4) What happened instead:
  Error Message:
  gio: smb://192.168.178.1/PathName/: Location is not mountable

  5) Long description / explanation
  Since some years, I mount a Windows drive with

  gio mount smb://192.168.178.1/PathName

  After upgrading from 19.04 to 20.04 beta, this does not work any more,
  I get the error message

  gio: smb://192.168.178.1/PathName/: Location is not mountable

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: libglib2.0-bin 2.64.1-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-21.25-generic 5.4.27
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-21-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu26
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Sun Apr 12 12:43:53 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-02-17 (420 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.3)
  SourcePackage: glib2.0
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-04-05 (7 days ago)

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/glib/+bug/1872286/+subscriptions