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Lubuntu uses PCmanFM as it's default file manager. I want to access my samba share with PCmanFM to upload and download files. I've already installed the "samba" and "cifs-utils" packages and thier dependancies. Installing them seems to allow me to see the windows network which I can open and see my workgroup, but I cannot open the workgroup. It looks like nothing happens when I click on it, but after a minute or two I start to get "Failed to retrieve share list from server" and "The specified location is not mounted" messages. I should have to authenticate a username and password before I can access the samba share, but no dialog comes up asking for any info.

How can I get PCmanFM to access my shared files?

Seth
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This should work:

smb://<machine_name/ip>/filepath/filename

in the PCmanFM address bar.
e.g: 

smb://192.168.1.111/some_folder/sub_folder/file.pdf

Courtesy: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/PCManFM#Browse_Windows_PCs_with_Samba

Update:

If you want to connect as a particular user, use 

smb://username@smb_server/some_folder

Under Lubuntu 14.10, this brought up a password dialog and then connected with the expected ownership and privileges.

Courtesy: Comment by Randall Cook

FYI, PCmanFM mounts samba shared devices in /run/user/userid/gvfs (id -u can help to find user id) so after mounting Samba shares using PCmanFM, we can also access files/directories using console

scls
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saji89
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    Thanks for the tip, Saji, I tried in Raspbian with LXDE and works just fine. – rodrunner Sep 23 '15 at 20:05
  • If you want to go directly to the folder under your user ID, you can use backticks in the command like so: `cd /run/user/\`id -u\`/gvfs` If you have only one SMB share mounted using `PCmanFM` you can do really nice one-liners like this `cd /run/user/\`id -u\`/gvfs/\`ls /run/user/\\`id -u\\`/gvfs\`` – Utkonos Jul 17 '22 at 15:46
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I had the same issue on Lubuntu 17.10 and smbclient -L WINDOWS-PC always returns this error:

 protocol negotiation failed: NT_STATUS_INVALID_NETWORK_RESPONSE

By adding the following line in global settings of /etc/samba/smb.conf, it solves my issue for smbclient and pcmanfm:

[global]
    client max protocol = smb3
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