Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 436623
kernel update to 2.6.24.3-12.fc8 broke smb browse in nautilus
Last modified: 2015-03-03 17:32:09 EST
Description of problem: Nautilus in browse folder mode displays "Windows Network" icon but won't browse it. If I change the address in the location from "smb:///" to smb://<hostname> the browse works correctly. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Nautilus 2.20.0 smbd version 3.0.28-0.fc8 nmbd version 3.0.28.0.fc8 How reproducible: browse to "Windows Network" or enter "smb:///" in nautilus browser address bar Steps to Reproduce: (First, there must be at least one SMB host on the network) 1. Right click "Computer" icon, select "Browse Folder" 2. Double-click "Network" icon. 3. In displayed results, double-click "Windows Network" Actual results: Folder will be empty, because it doesn't find the SMB hosts. Expected results: Folder should show a list of SMB hosts on network Additional info: If you enter smb://<hostname> into the nautilus address, the shares on that host are displayed correctly, and can be browsed. Only the smb:/// browse address appears to be broken.
This is caused by firewall blocking port 445 (microsoft-ds). A predefined samba rule is available in system-config-firewall. Closing as NOTABUG, please feel free to reopen if problem persist with completely disabled firewall. The smbtree utility can be useful when debugging.