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[Samuel Seay <lightningth@xxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

In Ubuntu 14.04, gvfs version 1.20.1.-1ubuntu1, Samba mounts time out
after a period of inactivity. I did some network traffic logging between
gvfs and cifs as any samba mounts via cifs never time out.

I discovered that CIFS periodicly sends an SMB Echo Request packet to
keep the socket connection open while GVFS fails to do this. As a result
a file server may kill the inactive connection however the mount inside
of the file browser stays around. As a result, attempts to access the
disconnected share results in waiting for an error box to pop up just so
it can be unmounted and remounted.

** Affects: gvfs (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  GVFS Samba mounts time out after inactivity

Status in gvfs package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  In Ubuntu 14.04, gvfs version 1.20.1.-1ubuntu1, Samba mounts time out
  after a period of inactivity. I did some network traffic logging
  between gvfs and cifs as any samba mounts via cifs never time out.

  I discovered that CIFS periodicly sends an SMB Echo Request packet to
  keep the socket connection open while GVFS fails to do this. As a
  result a file server may kill the inactive connection however the
  mount inside of the file browser stays around. As a result, attempts
  to access the disconnected share results in waiting for an error box
  to pop up just so it can be unmounted and remounted.

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