Network Places is empty in file manager app

[dln949]

In the File Manger application, when I authenticate with my passcode and then navigate to "Places", and then to "Network", "Network" is empty. But in my LAN there are samba servers that re recognized by other linux computers and android devices.

Why is this empty? How do I access those servers?

[Keneda]

@dln949
Samba is no longer working properly on UT file manager, so not easy to use.
Try search the forum there are threads about that and workaround to make it work.

[Emphrath]

@keneda Sadly, samba is hardly working as it should on most devices nowadays - at least in my experience. That's a shame but I wonder if there's an alternative for that kind of file sharing for linux in general... Sth that doesn't revolve around ftp or scp that is

[Keneda]

@emphrath
Is that really to me you answered ?

[Br1]

@dln949 I have enabled sudo mount / umount without password (visudo) then created my.desktop file in .local/share/applications :

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=aa-exec /home/phablet/aa_myfiles/myscripts/samba.sh
Icon=/home/phablet/.local/share/icons/smb.png
Name=Samba
X-Ubuntu-Touch=true
X-Ubuntu-Default-Department-ID=accessories

my simple script :

#!/bin/bash

if grep -qs '/phablet/SAMBA ' /proc/mounts ;
 
   then   sudo umount /home/phablet/SAMBA ;

   else   sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.your.ip/remote-path -o guest,nosetuids,noperm,rw /home/phablet/SAMBA
    
fi

exit

one tap for mount or umount (if already mounted) on my Redmi Note 4X it works fine.

First try mount from command line.