Questions tagged [gvfs]
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GVIM hangs when saving through GVFS' FTP
I loved Gnome's Nautilus and FTP integration and being able to mount a remote FTP directory as a regular bookmark/directory, and double clicking any remote files to open in any unmodified program. I ...
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How to use GVFS to launch an X program with super user permissions?
I'm trying to port a script to Ubuntu 18.04 that uses gksudo to prompt the user for admin password in order to run a GUI program with the admin permissions.
Now, gksudo has been removed from Ubuntu 18....
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How to gvfs-mount a CD as non-root user?
I can mount a CD like this:
sudo dbus-launch gvfs-mount cdda://sr0
And I get the tracks as .wav files in /root/.gvfs.
But it mounts as root, and chown doesn't work (not implemented in the fuse ...
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Accessing gvfs from command shell in Ubuntu
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10. I have some samba share mounted via Nautilus. I'd like to access the files from command shell. They used to appear under $HOME/.gvfs but not any more. Where have they gone to?
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Is gvfs capable of connecting to WebDAV shares with Digest authentication?
On Ubuntu 12.04 I try to connect to a WebDAV share on the local network, from Nautilus (over http, not https).
This works with cadaver and davfs (both of which seem to depend on a library called neon ...
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Files edited through gvfs using Eclipse and NetBeans getting corrupted. gedit using smb works fine
I'm facing a strange problem. My development machine was recently moved to Ubuntu. When I edit files situated in a network server (LAN) and then save, the files are getting corrupted. In all cases a ...
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ubuntu samba gio mount issue: volume doesn't implement mount
I have a fresh install of ubuntu 20.04 where I also installed xubuntu-desktop.
In thunar I can access my samba share by typing smb:/// in the address bar. After which it prompts me for my credentials. ...
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Vim doesn't respect fileformat setting on windows share [Solved]
I have mounted several SMB shares (folders are located on windows server) on my linux machine
gvfs-mount smb://user@domain@fileserver/sharedfolder
I can access files and edit them in vim, but vim ...
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gvfs on debian with openbox?
is it possible to use gvfs on a debian system that only has openbox?
here's some info about my sys:
sudo cat /etc/debian_version
12.5
sudo cat /etc/os-release
HOME_URL="https://www.bunsenlabs....
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Mounting a directory of zipped files for direct unzipped access
I have a directory tree with LOTS of .gz files. I once saw a way to mount it (via FUSE I think) so that I could see all the files directly (i.e. unzipped) under another directory.
I've been searching ...
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Ubuntu doesn't recognize changes on Android internal storage
I connect my "Onyx Boox Max Lumi 2" e-reader (Android 11) to my "Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS" notebook by a USB-cable.
Then I use the Onyx reader to edit a PDF file stored in the Android ...
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