I have exactly the same problem on a brand new install of Ubuntu 11.10
when I try to "Browse Network".
All my shares are visible from Windows machines and those running Ubuntu
11.04.
I get "Unable to mount location - Failed to retrieve share list from
server" when I try to access a shareon a Ubun
This happened to me again when I did a new clean install of Ubuntu 10.10
(on two different machines with the same problem).
The only workaround that works (for me) is to open two terminal windows
and in the first go:
sudo blkid
to see the UUIDs of all devices.
In the second go
sudo gedit /
The work-around is to mount at boot time, i.e. add suitable lines to the
end of /etc/fstab such as:
/dev/sdc1/media/FreeAgent ntfsdefaults 02
/dev/sdb1/media/t1backup ext4 defaults 02
Then both problem disks are accessible even when working over a remot
Further analysis:
a) I was connecting remotely using vnc4server.
b) Connecting locally allows me to mount any of the"problem" discs OK.
c) If I mount the disk locally and then access the server through vnc4server I
can open and access the disk.
Thus the problem seems to be related to use of vn
I certainly had access to both disks last time I looked which would have
been 3 or 4 days ago probably.
Samba 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4 was installed on 31 Jan (See end of previous
dpkg.log) and was working.
linux-image-2.6.31-19-generic 2.6.31-19.56 went in on 7th Feb at
19:18 along with other update
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Unable to mount location Not Authorized after nautilus upgrade
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Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: nautilus
Following an automatic upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10 between mid January and 6th
February 2010 I can no longer mount any disks except the File System disc /.
The same problem occurs on two different Ubuntu machines, both running Ubuntu
9.10.
Both mach
