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

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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

** Affects: gvfs
     Importance: Medium
         Status: Confirmed

** Affects: samba
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown

** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
         Status: Confirmed

** Affects: samba (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed

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"Other Locations" does not automatically find Samba servers in Ubuntu 18.04
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1767454
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