The cifs mount method has the advantage of bypassing the gvfs process entirely but it's more complicated to set up and you are basically automounting the share so make sure the NAS is turned on first. This whole thing worked a lot better when the gvfs mount point was within the users home directory but it was changed because developers like to change things until they break. However, there is also a great probability that when you try to access the gvfs bookmark in the browser the process will stall. ** Then when you are in your browser the "gvfs" bookmark should show up. ** Create a bookmark to /run/user/your-user-name/gvfs ** Open Nemo and make sure the share is mounted. The closest you are going to get I think to making it work using this method is to: Gedit is gvfs compliant whereas Firefox is not and gvfs is in control of this process. But if you open up Firefox the bookmark disappears. If the share is not currently mounted clicking on the bookmark will access and mount the share and you are good to go. gedit the launcher appears in the Open Files dialog box. If you bookmark a launcher in nemo that will mount the nas share and open up say. run/user/your-user-name/gvfs/smb-share:server=nas-name,share=share-name
I would guess I don't need to understand it since my NAS isn't a Windows device, right?
I also Googled 'what is samba' and found this page which seems to indicate that it's software to help non-windows computers communicate with windows resources. So, why can't I 'see' my NAS once 'mounted' when trying to attach a file to an email or upload an attachment here in Chrome? I also noticed that my 'mounted' drive isn't mounted at log in, I have to open 'Files' and click on one of the bookmarks I created.
I googled 'what is mount' and found that essentially it means 'connect', right? Linux doesn't use drive letters, so when my NAS is 'mounted' it just appears in the folder tree, I guess. I see the terms 'mount' and 'samba' (and a few other terminal commands or abbreviations) thrown around in discussions of networking, but I'm not exactly sure what they mean. My NAS is in the same room, on my home network, I just want to be able to access files on it in all applications. It's about connecting to the NAS over the internet when away from the local network. I simply want to be able to access the files my NAS easily from any application. I've not found a post or website that doesn't assume I know all the terms. I've tried researching this and I see lots of references to 'Samba' and 'Mounting' and other processes, but I have no idea what those are or what they mean. In Mint, I've created shortcuts to the folders I use in the 'Files' application, but when browsing the web in Chrome I cannot 'see' these shortcuts and, say, attach a file to an email in Gmail from the NAS. In Windows, once I mapped the network drive I was able to access it from any program. Connecting to it now that I'm running Mint is confusing to me, however.
It is mapped as Z: on the 2 Windows 7 PCs, as I did on my laptop when it ran Vista. I have a WD MyBook Live NAS connected to the router as our family's primary file storage. I'm new to Linux, running Mint 15 Cinnamon on my older HP laptop. This might be better for the newbie forum, but it's a specific networking question.
Enter your login credentials and click “OK”.This method allows you to reboot your Mac and have the mapped network drive automatically remount and appear on the desktop, this is more persistent than the above method:
Map a network drive to Mac OS X that re-mounts after system reboot The drive will now appear on your desktop and in the Finder window sidebar.Enter your login/password and click “OK” to mount the network drive.smb://networkcomputer/networkshare and click ‘Connect’.Enter the path to the network drive you want to map, ie:.From the Mac OS X Finder, hit Command+K to bring up the ‘Connect to Server’ window.This method maps a network drive that will disappear if the network connection drops or if you reboot your Mac:
There’s two ways to do this, one method is just mapped for one time use and will reset after a reboot, and another method is a more permanent route that allows the mapped network drive to always appear and mount on your desktop after system reboots and user logins. If you frequently access a file server from a Mac it’s pretty helpful to map the network drive to your desktop.