18.04: Bionic Beaver: nautilus-connect-server: GONE?! Workaround?
I happen to be working as a system admin, and I was so happy setting a shortcut key to nautilus-connect-server command, allowing me to bring up the "Connect to server" dialogue box with one function-key press.
Now, the shell command is not found, and when you click on the 18.04 LTS link top of this http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/en/man1/nautilus-connect-server.1.html page, you are forcibly redirected to Xenial (16.04 LTS)!
Although Nautilus is keeping the functionality (in a limited form), but the command line is gone.
Any native and secure workaround/alternative?
nautilus 18.04
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I happen to be working as a system admin, and I was so happy setting a shortcut key to nautilus-connect-server command, allowing me to bring up the "Connect to server" dialogue box with one function-key press.
Now, the shell command is not found, and when you click on the 18.04 LTS link top of this http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/en/man1/nautilus-connect-server.1.html page, you are forcibly redirected to Xenial (16.04 LTS)!
Although Nautilus is keeping the functionality (in a limited form), but the command line is gone.
Any native and secure workaround/alternative?
nautilus 18.04
asked May 10 '18 at 6:55
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would you not want to connect directly from the Terminal? e.g. ssh [user]@[host]
– Broadsworde
May 10 '18 at 7:29
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@Broadsworde: no, I use it for file/folder browsing and copying, and it is very handy that way. Works all the way for all protocols, specially with SMB shares.
– M K
May 11 '18 at 7:43
ssh is far more secure than smb, and you effectively become a user on the remote machine... browse, copy, delete, create as you like. But if SMB is your preferred method you can do so like this: help.ubuntu.com/community/…!
– Broadsworde
May 11 '18 at 8:04
@Broadsworde: What if all my sheep are of Satya's? :D No, I can't use SSH, I'm the lonely wolf here (escaped Satya's corrupted dreams of an OS more than a year ago). Also, smbclient is good for listing, not very useful for browsing; you need quick visual assessment of a user PC and that is not as quickly provided with smbclient. Nevertheless, I settled for the closest method, which I will accept as answer!
– M K
May 13 '18 at 11:02
@Broadsworde: One more thing about smbclient, it works inside a terminal. You cannot just as simply copy/paste in a terminal. And you wouldn't handle mounting/unmounting smb shares for each user you have on the network just for the sake of some copy/paste! Overkill! I would rather die than to do it on daily basis and for each and every one of them. Scripting it, too, would be too much of a waste.
– M K
May 13 '18 at 11:12
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I happen to be working as a system admin, and I was so happy setting a shortcut key to nautilus-connect-server command, allowing me to bring up the "Connect to server" dialogue box with one function-key press.
Now, the shell command is not found, and when you click on the 18.04 LTS link top of this http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/en/man1/nautilus-connect-server.1.html page, you are forcibly redirected to Xenial (16.04 LTS)!
Although Nautilus is keeping the functionality (in a limited form), but the command line is gone.
Any native and secure workaround/alternative?
nautilus 18.04
asked May 10 '18 at 6:55
M KM K
7351514
I happen to be working as a system admin, and I was so happy setting a shortcut key to nautilus-connect-server command, allowing me to bring up the "Connect to server" dialogue box with one function-key press.
Now, the shell command is not found, and when you click on the 18.04 LTS link top of this http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/en/man1/nautilus-connect-server.1.html page, you are forcibly redirected to Xenial (16.04 LTS)!
Although Nautilus is keeping the functionality (in a limited form), but the command line is gone.
Any native and secure workaround/alternative?
nautilus 18.04
nautilus 18.04
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would you not want to connect directly from the Terminal? e.g. ssh [user]@[host]
– Broadsworde
May 10 '18 at 7:29
1
@Broadsworde: no, I use it for file/folder browsing and copying, and it is very handy that way. Works all the way for all protocols, specially with SMB shares.
– M K
May 11 '18 at 7:43
ssh is far more secure than smb, and you effectively become a user on the remote machine... browse, copy, delete, create as you like. But if SMB is your preferred method you can do so like this: help.ubuntu.com/community/…!
– Broadsworde
May 11 '18 at 8:04
@Broadsworde: What if all my sheep are of Satya's? :D No, I can't use SSH, I'm the lonely wolf here (escaped Satya's corrupted dreams of an OS more than a year ago). Also, smbclient is good for listing, not very useful for browsing; you need quick visual assessment of a user PC and that is not as quickly provided with smbclient. Nevertheless, I settled for the closest method, which I will accept as answer!
– M K
May 13 '18 at 11:02
@Broadsworde: One more thing about smbclient, it works inside a terminal. You cannot just as simply copy/paste in a terminal. And you wouldn't handle mounting/unmounting smb shares for each user you have on the network just for the sake of some copy/paste! Overkill! I would rather die than to do it on daily basis and for each and every one of them. Scripting it, too, would be too much of a waste.
– M K
May 13 '18 at 11:12
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would you not want to connect directly from the Terminal? e.g. ssh [user]@[host]
– Broadsworde
May 10 '18 at 7:29
1
@Broadsworde: no, I use it for file/folder browsing and copying, and it is very handy that way. Works all the way for all protocols, specially with SMB shares.
– M K
May 11 '18 at 7:43
ssh is far more secure than smb, and you effectively become a user on the remote machine... browse, copy, delete, create as you like. But if SMB is your preferred method you can do so like this: help.ubuntu.com/community/…!
– Broadsworde
May 11 '18 at 8:04
@Broadsworde: What if all my sheep are of Satya's? :D No, I can't use SSH, I'm the lonely wolf here (escaped Satya's corrupted dreams of an OS more than a year ago). Also, smbclient is good for listing, not very useful for browsing; you need quick visual assessment of a user PC and that is not as quickly provided with smbclient. Nevertheless, I settled for the closest method, which I will accept as answer!
– M K
May 13 '18 at 11:02
@Broadsworde: One more thing about smbclient, it works inside a terminal. You cannot just as simply copy/paste in a terminal. And you wouldn't handle mounting/unmounting smb shares for each user you have on the network just for the sake of some copy/paste! Overkill! I would rather die than to do it on daily basis and for each and every one of them. Scripting it, too, would be too much of a waste.
– M K
May 13 '18 at 11:12
would you not want to connect directly from the Terminal? e.g. ssh [user]@[host]
– Broadsworde
May 10 '18 at 7:29
would you not want to connect directly from the Terminal? e.g. ssh [user]@[host]
– Broadsworde
May 10 '18 at 7:29
1
1
@Broadsworde: no, I use it for file/folder browsing and copying, and it is very handy that way. Works all the way for all protocols, specially with SMB shares.
– M K
May 11 '18 at 7:43
@Broadsworde: no, I use it for file/folder browsing and copying, and it is very handy that way. Works all the way for all protocols, specially with SMB shares.
– M K
May 11 '18 at 7:43
ssh is far more secure than smb, and you effectively become a user on the remote machine... browse, copy, delete, create as you like. But if SMB is your preferred method you can do so like this: help.ubuntu.com/community/…!
– Broadsworde
May 11 '18 at 8:04
ssh is far more secure than smb, and you effectively become a user on the remote machine... browse, copy, delete, create as you like. But if SMB is your preferred method you can do so like this: help.ubuntu.com/community/…!
– Broadsworde
May 11 '18 at 8:04
@Broadsworde: What if all my sheep are of Satya's? :D No, I can't use SSH, I'm the lonely wolf here (escaped Satya's corrupted dreams of an OS more than a year ago). Also, smbclient is good for listing, not very useful for browsing; you need quick visual assessment of a user PC and that is not as quickly provided with smbclient. Nevertheless, I settled for the closest method, which I will accept as answer!
– M K
May 13 '18 at 11:02
@Broadsworde: What if all my sheep are of Satya's? :D No, I can't use SSH, I'm the lonely wolf here (escaped Satya's corrupted dreams of an OS more than a year ago). Also, smbclient is good for listing, not very useful for browsing; you need quick visual assessment of a user PC and that is not as quickly provided with smbclient. Nevertheless, I settled for the closest method, which I will accept as answer!
– M K
May 13 '18 at 11:02
@Broadsworde: One more thing about smbclient, it works inside a terminal. You cannot just as simply copy/paste in a terminal. And you wouldn't handle mounting/unmounting smb shares for each user you have on the network just for the sake of some copy/paste! Overkill! I would rather die than to do it on daily basis and for each and every one of them. Scripting it, too, would be too much of a waste.
– M K
May 13 '18 at 11:12
@Broadsworde: One more thing about smbclient, it works inside a terminal. You cannot just as simply copy/paste in a terminal. And you wouldn't handle mounting/unmounting smb shares for each user you have on the network just for the sake of some copy/paste! Overkill! I would rather die than to do it on daily basis and for each and every one of them. Scripting it, too, would be too much of a waste.
– M K
May 13 '18 at 11:12
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No hope here, the closest thing is use CTRL+L in Nautilus and type down the target URI (like smb://PC/share). That is the closest experience there is to get!
answered May 13 '18 at 11:10
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I don't think this works. When I tryCtrl+Land enterssh://user@host:port/dirI get the messageOops! Something went wrong. Unhandled error message: Connection failed..
– Adriaan
Sep 13 '18 at 16:46
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An easy way to connect to server is to install nemo.
Nemo is very similar to Nautilus and allows you to explore your files and connect to server.
You can install nemo with the common apt:
sudo apt install nemo
Then, you can go to menu file, Connect to Server and then you will see this:
Nautilus: If you still want to connect using nautilus, you can normally do it. When connecting to a server in Nemo, it automatically appears in Nautilus.
Nemo also allows you to add bookmarks to your server connections with the name you desire (in this case MyBookmark). Then, the next time you want to connect you can simply select the bookmark. If you create it in nemo it automatically appears in nautilus as well.
answered Aug 19 '18 at 17:34
SheilaSheila
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It's like Captain Nemo takes control over Nautilus :)
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Aug 19 '18 at 17:49
@Sheila. Is this perhaps because Nemo is usingsshfsunder the hood? Is this perhaps a good alternative tonautilus ssh://user@host:port/dir?
– Adriaan
Sep 13 '18 at 16:48
@Sheila Although I already use nemo (even on KDE) and that nemo's approach to address bar is way better than nautilus, but your answer missed the original target of my question: I connect to SMB servers, not *nix ones.
– M K
Oct 2 '18 at 7:18
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To connect remotely to macOS I hit ctrl-L in nautilus and enter:
sftp://daniel@secrethost.com/Users/daniel
At this point one can right-click and create a bookmark out of the location.
To open Nautilus at this location directly from the terminal:
$ nautilus sftp://daniel@secrethost.com/Users/daniel
I'm not into samba.
answered Feb 5 at 19:22
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No hope here, the closest thing is use CTRL+L in Nautilus and type down the target URI (like smb://PC/share). That is the closest experience there is to get!
answered May 13 '18 at 11:10
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I don't think this works. When I tryCtrl+Land enterssh://user@host:port/dirI get the messageOops! Something went wrong. Unhandled error message: Connection failed..
– Adriaan
Sep 13 '18 at 16:46
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No hope here, the closest thing is use CTRL+L in Nautilus and type down the target URI (like smb://PC/share). That is the closest experience there is to get!
answered May 13 '18 at 11:10
M KM K
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I don't think this works. When I tryCtrl+Land enterssh://user@host:port/dirI get the messageOops! Something went wrong. Unhandled error message: Connection failed..
– Adriaan
Sep 13 '18 at 16:46
add a comment |
No hope here, the closest thing is use CTRL+L in Nautilus and type down the target URI (like smb://PC/share). That is the closest experience there is to get!
answered May 13 '18 at 11:10
M KM K
7351514
No hope here, the closest thing is use CTRL+L in Nautilus and type down the target URI (like smb://PC/share). That is the closest experience there is to get!
answered May 13 '18 at 11:10
M KM K
7351514
answered May 13 '18 at 11:10
M KM K
7351514
answered May 13 '18 at 11:10
M KM K
7351514
answered May 13 '18 at 11:10
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I don't think this works. When I tryCtrl+Land enterssh://user@host:port/dirI get the messageOops! Something went wrong. Unhandled error message: Connection failed..
– Adriaan
Sep 13 '18 at 16:46
add a comment |
I don't think this works. When I tryCtrl+Land enterssh://user@host:port/dirI get the messageOops! Something went wrong. Unhandled error message: Connection failed..
– Adriaan
Sep 13 '18 at 16:46
I don't think this works. When I try
Ctrl+L and enter ssh://user@host:port/dir I get the message Oops! Something went wrong. Unhandled error message: Connection failed..– Adriaan
Sep 13 '18 at 16:46
I don't think this works. When I try
Ctrl+L and enter ssh://user@host:port/dir I get the message Oops! Something went wrong. Unhandled error message: Connection failed..– Adriaan
Sep 13 '18 at 16:46
add a comment |
An easy way to connect to server is to install nemo.
Nemo is very similar to Nautilus and allows you to explore your files and connect to server.
You can install nemo with the common apt:
sudo apt install nemo
Then, you can go to menu file, Connect to Server and then you will see this:
Nautilus: If you still want to connect using nautilus, you can normally do it. When connecting to a server in Nemo, it automatically appears in Nautilus.
Nemo also allows you to add bookmarks to your server connections with the name you desire (in this case MyBookmark). Then, the next time you want to connect you can simply select the bookmark. If you create it in nemo it automatically appears in nautilus as well.
answered Aug 19 '18 at 17:34
SheilaSheila
1213
1
It's like Captain Nemo takes control over Nautilus :)
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Aug 19 '18 at 17:49
@Sheila. Is this perhaps because Nemo is usingsshfsunder the hood? Is this perhaps a good alternative tonautilus ssh://user@host:port/dir?
– Adriaan
Sep 13 '18 at 16:48
@Sheila Although I already use nemo (even on KDE) and that nemo's approach to address bar is way better than nautilus, but your answer missed the original target of my question: I connect to SMB servers, not *nix ones.
– M K
Oct 2 '18 at 7:18
add a comment |
An easy way to connect to server is to install nemo.
Nemo is very similar to Nautilus and allows you to explore your files and connect to server.
You can install nemo with the common apt:
sudo apt install nemo
Then, you can go to menu file, Connect to Server and then you will see this:
Nautilus: If you still want to connect using nautilus, you can normally do it. When connecting to a server in Nemo, it automatically appears in Nautilus.
Nemo also allows you to add bookmarks to your server connections with the name you desire (in this case MyBookmark). Then, the next time you want to connect you can simply select the bookmark. If you create it in nemo it automatically appears in nautilus as well.
answered Aug 19 '18 at 17:34
SheilaSheila
1213
1
It's like Captain Nemo takes control over Nautilus :)
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Aug 19 '18 at 17:49
@Sheila. Is this perhaps because Nemo is usingsshfsunder the hood? Is this perhaps a good alternative tonautilus ssh://user@host:port/dir?
– Adriaan
Sep 13 '18 at 16:48
@Sheila Although I already use nemo (even on KDE) and that nemo's approach to address bar is way better than nautilus, but your answer missed the original target of my question: I connect to SMB servers, not *nix ones.
– M K
Oct 2 '18 at 7:18
add a comment |
An easy way to connect to server is to install nemo.
Nemo is very similar to Nautilus and allows you to explore your files and connect to server.
You can install nemo with the common apt:
sudo apt install nemo
Then, you can go to menu file, Connect to Server and then you will see this:
Nautilus: If you still want to connect using nautilus, you can normally do it. When connecting to a server in Nemo, it automatically appears in Nautilus.
Nemo also allows you to add bookmarks to your server connections with the name you desire (in this case MyBookmark). Then, the next time you want to connect you can simply select the bookmark. If you create it in nemo it automatically appears in nautilus as well.
answered Aug 19 '18 at 17:34
SheilaSheila
1213
An easy way to connect to server is to install nemo.
Nemo is very similar to Nautilus and allows you to explore your files and connect to server.
You can install nemo with the common apt:
sudo apt install nemo
Then, you can go to menu file, Connect to Server and then you will see this:
Nautilus: If you still want to connect using nautilus, you can normally do it. When connecting to a server in Nemo, it automatically appears in Nautilus.
Nemo also allows you to add bookmarks to your server connections with the name you desire (in this case MyBookmark). Then, the next time you want to connect you can simply select the bookmark. If you create it in nemo it automatically appears in nautilus as well.
answered Aug 19 '18 at 17:34
SheilaSheila
1213
answered Aug 19 '18 at 17:34
SheilaSheila
1213
answered Aug 19 '18 at 17:34
SheilaSheila
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answered Aug 19 '18 at 17:34
SheilaSheila
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It's like Captain Nemo takes control over Nautilus :)
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Aug 19 '18 at 17:49
@Sheila. Is this perhaps because Nemo is usingsshfsunder the hood? Is this perhaps a good alternative tonautilus ssh://user@host:port/dir?
– Adriaan
Sep 13 '18 at 16:48
@Sheila Although I already use nemo (even on KDE) and that nemo's approach to address bar is way better than nautilus, but your answer missed the original target of my question: I connect to SMB servers, not *nix ones.
– M K
Oct 2 '18 at 7:18
add a comment |
1
It's like Captain Nemo takes control over Nautilus :)
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Aug 19 '18 at 17:49
@Sheila. Is this perhaps because Nemo is usingsshfsunder the hood? Is this perhaps a good alternative tonautilus ssh://user@host:port/dir?
– Adriaan
Sep 13 '18 at 16:48
@Sheila Although I already use nemo (even on KDE) and that nemo's approach to address bar is way better than nautilus, but your answer missed the original target of my question: I connect to SMB servers, not *nix ones.
– M K
Oct 2 '18 at 7:18
1
1
It's like Captain Nemo takes control over Nautilus :)
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Aug 19 '18 at 17:49
It's like Captain Nemo takes control over Nautilus :)
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Aug 19 '18 at 17:49
@Sheila. Is this perhaps because Nemo is using
sshfs under the hood? Is this perhaps a good alternative to nautilus ssh://user@host:port/dir?– Adriaan
Sep 13 '18 at 16:48
@Sheila. Is this perhaps because Nemo is using
sshfs under the hood? Is this perhaps a good alternative to nautilus ssh://user@host:port/dir?– Adriaan
Sep 13 '18 at 16:48
@Sheila Although I already use nemo (even on KDE) and that nemo's approach to address bar is way better than nautilus, but your answer missed the original target of my question: I connect to SMB servers, not *nix ones.
– M K
Oct 2 '18 at 7:18
@Sheila Although I already use nemo (even on KDE) and that nemo's approach to address bar is way better than nautilus, but your answer missed the original target of my question: I connect to SMB servers, not *nix ones.
– M K
Oct 2 '18 at 7:18
add a comment |
To connect remotely to macOS I hit ctrl-L in nautilus and enter:
sftp://daniel@secrethost.com/Users/daniel
At this point one can right-click and create a bookmark out of the location.
To open Nautilus at this location directly from the terminal:
$ nautilus sftp://daniel@secrethost.com/Users/daniel
I'm not into samba.
answered Feb 5 at 19:22
DanielDaniel
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To connect remotely to macOS I hit ctrl-L in nautilus and enter:
sftp://daniel@secrethost.com/Users/daniel
At this point one can right-click and create a bookmark out of the location.
To open Nautilus at this location directly from the terminal:
$ nautilus sftp://daniel@secrethost.com/Users/daniel
I'm not into samba.
answered Feb 5 at 19:22
DanielDaniel
1,46121427
add a comment |
To connect remotely to macOS I hit ctrl-L in nautilus and enter:
sftp://daniel@secrethost.com/Users/daniel
At this point one can right-click and create a bookmark out of the location.
To open Nautilus at this location directly from the terminal:
$ nautilus sftp://daniel@secrethost.com/Users/daniel
I'm not into samba.
answered Feb 5 at 19:22
DanielDaniel
1,46121427
To connect remotely to macOS I hit ctrl-L in nautilus and enter:
sftp://daniel@secrethost.com/Users/daniel
At this point one can right-click and create a bookmark out of the location.
To open Nautilus at this location directly from the terminal:
$ nautilus sftp://daniel@secrethost.com/Users/daniel
I'm not into samba.
answered Feb 5 at 19:22
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would you not want to connect directly from the Terminal? e.g. ssh [user]@[host]
– Broadsworde
May 10 '18 at 7:29
1
@Broadsworde: no, I use it for file/folder browsing and copying, and it is very handy that way. Works all the way for all protocols, specially with SMB shares.
– M K
May 11 '18 at 7:43
ssh is far more secure than smb, and you effectively become a user on the remote machine... browse, copy, delete, create as you like. But if SMB is your preferred method you can do so like this: help.ubuntu.com/community/…!
– Broadsworde
May 11 '18 at 8:04
@Broadsworde: What if all my sheep are of Satya's? :D No, I can't use SSH, I'm the lonely wolf here (escaped Satya's corrupted dreams of an OS more than a year ago). Also, smbclient is good for listing, not very useful for browsing; you need quick visual assessment of a user PC and that is not as quickly provided with smbclient. Nevertheless, I settled for the closest method, which I will accept as answer!
– M K
May 13 '18 at 11:02
@Broadsworde: One more thing about smbclient, it works inside a terminal. You cannot just as simply copy/paste in a terminal. And you wouldn't handle mounting/unmounting smb shares for each user you have on the network just for the sake of some copy/paste! Overkill! I would rather die than to do it on daily basis and for each and every one of them. Scripting it, too, would be too much of a waste.
– M K
May 13 '18 at 11:12