Accessing an NFS share via Thunar

[killermoehre]

Am Mo 20 Jan 2014 03:52:40 CET schrieb Chris Stankevitz:
> Hello,
>
> Can someone please explain how to access an NFS share from XFCE?  I
> have tried this:
>
> 1. Open Thunar 1.6.2
>
> 2. Click Go | Open Location
>
> 3. Start typing "nfs:/"
>
> 4. Observer the dialog express displeasure by disabling the OK button
> and displaying a "do not enter" icon.
>
> I suspect the answer is one of:
>
> a) Looks like you did not compile Thunar with the gvfs extension,
> sub-type fuse with udev and the nfs overlay, polkit option, and
> HAL/consolekit derivatives.
>
> b) Thunar's "Open Location" doesn't work with NFS.  Never has, never
> will.  That's why your googling turned up nothing.
>
> c) What's wrong with "su; mount" you lazy ignoramus?
>
> PS: I'm running gentoo linux, but I'm happy with an OS-agnostic answer.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Chris

GVFS doesn't support NFS, so Thunar does not, too. So b) would be the 
most correct one.
Better put the share in your /etc/fstab and give it the option 
"_netdev".

Regards

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