So, reaching a Windows File Share on Windows 10 from Linux Mint 19 has yet another problem. But there is a fix. My Post Here drew the attention of someone who had the answer.
The problem is that trying to reach a Windows 10 shared folder from a Linux Mint 19, or Ubuntu 20.04, system, causes an error:
“Failed to retrieve share list from server”
Here’s the workaround.
It’s pretty easy. And you can do two things.
- When it asks for “credentials” mark them “remember forever” and store them in your keyring, so you never have to worry again.
- And use “Bookmark” in the file browser to remember the share so you can easily go back there again the next time you need the Windows Share from Linux.
I was able to use the smb://win10-host-name.local/share-name fix.
The bug has been reported here, so we are probably going to get a fix soon.
Update: 30 April 2020
I tried file sharing to Windows from Fedora 32, the latest, and it failed in the same way, and was fixed in the same way. So all the Linux distros apparently share the same samba gvfs code.
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