Microsoft servers drop idle connections after 15 minutes. This behavior can be disabled by this command as administrator (details: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297684).
net config server /autodisconnect:-1 Alternatively, adding the following script to the gnome startup applications keeps the connections alive. #!/bin/bash while true do ls /run/user/`id -u`/gvfs/smb-share:* &> /dev/null sleep 600 done -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gvfs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1323584 Title: Nautilus crashes when accessing already mounted samba share To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/1323584/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs