gvfs-mount fails over samba

**Max-B** · May 3rd, 2012

Hi,
I'm trying to connect to a samba share with the terminal using gvfs-mount on an Ubuntu Natty PC but I always got this error:

Code:

gvfs-mount smb://user@server.mydomain.com/share
Error mounting location: volume doesn't implement mount

Any suggestion?

Max-B

**Morbius1** · May 3rd, 2012

You normally get that error when you don't have the following package installed:

Code:

sudo apt-get install gvfs-fuse

And you haven't added yourself to the fuse group:

Code:

sudo gpasswd -a your_user_name fuse

You need to logout and login again for the group add to take affect.

**Max-B** · May 3rd, 2012

Hi,
thanks for your reply.

gvfs-fuse is installed and I'm in the fuse group.
Of course the share exists and the server is online.

Max-B

**Morbius1** · May 3rd, 2012

Is the base package installed: gvfs-backends

**Max-B** · May 3rd, 2012

Hi, and thanks again for the answer.
Yes, the base package is installed:

Code:

$ aptitude search gvfs
i   gvfs                            - userspace virtual filesystem - server     
i   gvfs-backends                   - userspace virtual filesystem - backends   
i   gvfs-bin                        - userspace virtual filesystem - binaries   
i   gvfs-fuse                       - userspace virtual filesystem - fuse server
p   libgvfscommon-dev               - userspace virtual filesystem - development
i   libgvfscommon0                  - userspace virtual filesystem - library    
p   xmms2-plugin-gvfs               - XMMS2 - gvfs plug-in

**Max-B** · May 3rd, 2012

Hi again.
I found this useful tread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1390955

If I run the command after dbus-launch, gvfs-works works

Code:

dbus-launch bash
gvfs-mount smb://user@server.mydomain.com/share

This is not useful to me because, at the end, I would like to run a script I have made, but probaply, if someone knows much more than me dbus-launch, is useful to understand which is the problem.

Max-B