smb4k and x2go

Advanced Network Neighborhood Browser and Samba Share Mounting Utility

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smb4k and x2go

Forum: Help

Creator: canonier

Created: 2013-09-19

Updated: 2013-12-06

canonier - 2013-09-19

Hi and thanks for great software.

I am using kde 4.10 and smb4k 1.0.80
When I log into my system through x2go (remote access software) I can't mount anything with smb4k. When I try to mount samba partition I receive system message:
"Executing an action with root privileges failed (error code:AuthorizationDenied)"
When I directly connect to my computer (not through x2go) then everything works ok.

I am not sure is this is issue with smb4k or x2go but i decided to ask for help first here, maybe someone will have any idea where is the source of my problem.

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Alexander Reinholdt - 2013-09-22

I never tested Smb4K via a remote connection, so I do not have a solution for this problem at the moment.

However, looking at the error code, it might be that either DBUS or Polkit-1 are to blame, because they do not allow remote execution of the mount/unmount action.

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- canonier - 2013-12-06
  
  Finally I managed to resolve my problem. You were right about polkit-1. When i change a line:
  
  <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
  
  for
  
  <allow_any>yes</allow_any>
  
  in file /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/de.berlios.smb4k.mounthelper.policy,
  mounting remotely via smb4k started to work.
  
  The new problem is that any update of smb4k will probaly overwrite this changes.
  
  Here is link to discussion that helped me:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit/+bug/221363
  
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