I have two computers, both running Ubuntu 22.04 (wayland). One, system19, acts as a server/host, and the other, system1, acts as the client.
I set up the standard samba configuration file to serve some directories from system19. In addition, for some directories on system19 I selected guest access for Local Network Share/Folder Sharing.
For the directories I set up via the samba configuration file to share from system19, I can access them just fine from system1. But, on system1, in Nautilus, if I go to “Other Locations”, I see other entries for system19 besides the samba shares I consciously created. It appears to be samba sharing directories not from system19, but from something called “system19.local.”
Strangely, sometimes from system1 I’m able to click on the entry in Nautilus’ Other Locations for the system19.local samba shares and I am able to access those directories; but, at other times – with no changes I’m aware of on either system – I get this error message in a popup window: “Unable to access location / Failed to retrieve share list from server: Connection refused.”
Questions:
What is “system19.local”, and how is it different from “system19”?
How did system19.local get created? And, How did the samba sharing from system19.local get created? By virtue of me choosing Local Network Share/Folder Sharing for some directories on system19?
Why is it that sometimes from system1 I can open up the system19.local samba shared directories in Nautilus’ Other Locations, and other times I get the error message described above?
