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I would like to be able to download a file from my web browser to a shared network folder.

I am actually able to read and write to shared network folders when opening the file browser (Nautilus), but I cannot open a file or folder from a local program such Codium, Chromium…

See screenshots below.

Access the files in the file browser:

access the files

No access the files in Chromium:

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The two programs you mention (Chromium and all Chromium-based programs) specifically disable the remote file access support in the file chooser, as it's done through GTK/GLib and those programs aren't actually GTK-based – they only call its file chooser dialog.

You'll need to go through /run/user/1000/gvfs to access the remote locations currently connected in GNOME, or use sshfs or mount -t smb3 to create system-wide mounts.

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  • thanks, do you mean browsing the path to /run/user/1000/gvfs from chromium file chooser ? this appears empty... I am gonna check the other solution you provided.
    – fabricio
    Commented Jul 27, 2022 at 14:37
  • You need to open the share in a file browser first so that it gets mounted, then you will have an entry like smb-share:server=nas542.local,share=daten in /run/user/1000/gvfs. But I just noticed that mounted (!) network shares are directly accessible via "Other Locations".
    – Christoph
    Commented Apr 29, 2023 at 2:20

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