Ubuntu – Mount SMB share with gvfs from command line

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There are many ways to mount an SMB share in Ubuntu. For example:

  • as root, you can use mount.cifs:

    mount -t cifs -o user=username //servername/sharename/ /mnt

  • you can use smbnetfs as described here

However, I would like to use gvfs. When logging in using ssh. I tried the following without a success:

dbus-launch bash
gvfs-mount smb://servername/sharename/

This works… kind of. When I run

gvfs-mount -l

I get the following:

Mount(0): sharename on servername -> smb://servername/sharename/
  Type: GDaemonMount

So, the mount seems to work. However, there is no file system mount point, whereas when I mount it using Nautilus, I get a mountpoint in /run/user/1000/gvfs/, which I can then access using command line.

What should I do to get a mount point with gvfs which I can access with the command line?

Best Answer

At least with Ubuntu 18.04, the following works:

$ gio mount smb://<server>/<share>
Password required for share <share> on <server>
User [<user>]:
Domain [<workgroup>]:
Password:

The mount points are located in /run/user/<uid>/gvfs/ (idem $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/gvfs).

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