Thunar "Browse Network" does not show local Samba hosts

mwigzell · 2026-04-06 00:06:00

Immediate issue: Browse Networks in Thunar shows nothing, not even my host. It is being used and I can list shares etc explicitly or mount smb shares etc. But just listing network hosts on my local network: nada.

uname -r wrote:

6.19.11-arch1-1

testparm /etc/samba/smb.conf wrote:

Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
Loaded services file OK.
Weak crypto is allowed by GnuTLS (e.g. NTLM as a compatibility fallback)
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions
# Global parameters
[global]
dns proxy = No
domain master = Yes
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
map to guest = Bad User
max log size = 1000
obey pam restrictions = Yes
os level = 255
pam password change = Yes
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
preferred master = Yes
security = USER
server min protocol = SMB2
server role = standalone server
server string = %h server (Samba, Arch Linux)
unix password sync = Yes
usershare allow guests = Yes
wins support = Yes
idmap config * : backend = tdb
hosts allow = 192.168.86.0/255.255.255.0

[mark]
comment = Mark's Home Directory
guest ok = Yes
path = /home/mark
read only = No
valid users = mark

[luz]
comment = Luz's Home Directory
guest ok = Yes
path = /home/luz
read only = No
valid users = luz mark

sudo systemctl status smb nmb wrote:

smb.service - Samba SMB Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/smb.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Sun 2026-04-05 16:07:08 PDT; 38min ago
Invocation: 2ae071b5cefc4db29214e7ce960a58a1
Docs: man:smbd(8)
man:samba(7)
man:smb.conf(5)
Main PID: 48108 (smbd)
Status: "smbd: ready to serve connections..."
Tasks: 3 (limit: 38212)
Memory: 8.2M (peak: 9M)
CPU: 55ms
CGroup: /system.slice/smb.service
├─48108 /usr/bin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group
├─48112 "smbd: notifyd "
└─48113 "smbd: cleanupd"
Apr 05 16:07:08 confucius systemd[1]: Starting Samba SMB Daemon...
Apr 05 16:07:08 confucius systemd[1]: Started Samba SMB Daemon.
● nmb.service - Samba NMB Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/nmb.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Sun 2026-04-05 16:07:08 PDT; 38min ago
Invocation: 3282c646b3bb4f67a77b27d93e2653c3
Docs: man:nmbd(8)
man:samba(7)
man:smb.conf(5)
Main PID: 48105 (nmbd)
Status: "nmbd: ready to serve connections..."
Tasks: 1 (limit: 38212)
Memory: 7.3M (peak: 7.9M)
CPU: 703ms
CGroup: /system.slice/nmb.service
└─48105 /usr/bin/nmbd --foreground --no-process-group

ps aux | grep gvfsd wrote:

mark 36402 0.0 0.0 328056 13380 pts/2 Sl 15:24 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfsd
mark 36403 0.0 0.0 399124 9404 pts/2 Sl 15:24 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfsd-fuse /run/user/1000/gvfs -f
mark 36433 0.0 0.0 169628 8924 ? Ssl 15:25 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfsd-metadata
mark 37377 0.0 0.0 401784 13756 pts/2 Sl 15:41 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfsd-wsdd --spawner :1.98 /org/gtk/gvfs/exec_spaw/2
mark 37382 0.0 0.1 46696 37700 pts/2 S 15:41 0:00 python3 /usr/bin/wsdd --no-host --discovery --listen /run/user/1000/gvfsd/wsdd
mark 37709 0.0 0.0 549448 14196 pts/2 Sl 15:43 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfsd-trash --spawner :1.98 /org/gtk/gvfs/exec_spaw/3
mark 48115 0.0 0.0 402532 14440 pts/3 Sl 16:07 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfsd-network
mark 48124 0.0 0.0 538976 29864 pts/3 Sl 16:07 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfsd-smb-browse
mark 51705 0.0 0.0 6480 4140 pts/3 S+ 16:51 0:00 grep --color=auto gvfsd

smbclient -L //confucius -U% wrote:

Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
mark Disk Mark's Home Directory
luz Disk Luz's Home Directory
IPC$ IPC IPC Service (confucius server (Samba, Arch Linux))
SMB1 disabled -- no workgroup available

ss -tunlp | grep -E ':(139|445)\b' wrote:

tcp LISTEN 0 50 0.0.0.0:445 0.0.0.0:*
tcp LISTEN 0 50 0.0.0.0:139 0.0.0.0:*
tcp LISTEN 0 50 [::]:445 [::]:*
tcp LISTEN 0 50 [::]:139 [::]:*

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Thunar "Browse Network" does not show local Samba hosts

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