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#1 2026-04-06 00:06:00

mwigzell
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Registered: 2016-01-29
Posts: 30

Thunar "Browse Network" does not show local Samba hosts

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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#2 Today 16:30:02

roviq
Member
Registered: 2022-10-17
Posts: 6

Re: Thunar "Browse Network" does not show local Samba hosts

Not sure if the same issue, but recently when I connect an USB drive, it doesn't show in Thunar, before it was shown as greyed out, ready to be clicked and mounted. 

So possibly there is something here related with network shared and removables drives not being discovered?

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