I use Path Finder for some fancier features, but since upgrading to Lion, I could not see my Linux SMB server in the side panel. After waiting for their Lion patch with no change, I figured out a very simple solution.
For whatever reason, Path Finder can't find or list Samba servers like it did in Snow Leopard. But, if you either install or modify an Avahi daemon on the SMB server, and advertize SMB services, Path Finder will see the server again.
After installing the Avahi daemon in a manner appropriate for your distribution, just create and save this simple file to /etc/avahi/services (on the server):
This worked as is for me, and the server popped up in Path Finder within seconds, and remains in the side panel even after all the shared mounts were removed.
Hope this helps someone else who is sick of opening a Finder window just to connect to another share, or is sick of hitting Command-K every few minutes.
[crarko adds: I haven't tested this one. I'd guess this is because Lion no longer uses Samba for SMB support. Note: there was originally a link in the hint to a Gentoo Linux wiki as a source for this fix, but that site seems to have crashed. Avahi is a multicast DNS zeroconf (Bonjour-compatible) service discovery system. As the hint suggests, you should be able to find it for most Linux distributions.]
For whatever reason, Path Finder can't find or list Samba servers like it did in Snow Leopard. But, if you either install or modify an Avahi daemon on the SMB server, and advertize SMB services, Path Finder will see the server again.
After installing the Avahi daemon in a manner appropriate for your distribution, just create and save this simple file to /etc/avahi/services (on the server):
<?xml version="1.0" standalone='no'?> <!DOCTYPE service-group SYSTEM "avahi-service.dtd"> Samba Shares on %h _smb._tcp 139
Hope this helps someone else who is sick of opening a Finder window just to connect to another share, or is sick of hitting Command-K every few minutes.
[crarko adds: I haven't tested this one. I'd guess this is because Lion no longer uses Samba for SMB support. Note: there was originally a link in the hint to a Gentoo Linux wiki as a source for this fix, but that site seems to have crashed. Avahi is a multicast DNS zeroconf (Bonjour-compatible) service discovery system. As the hint suggests, you should be able to find it for most Linux distributions.]
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