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["Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx>]

James Walters, this phenomenon is verified in Trusty attempting to
discover a Windows 7 share with Nautilus via a WiFi router connection.
Strangely enough, if I spun up a Vista virtual local to the Trusty
install (which uses a virtual switch, not a router) I could see its
share by hostname with no modification.

What allowed me to see the Windows share over WiFi:
sudo nano /etc/nsswitch.conf
hosts: files wins

Restarted and now the Windows 7 share is discoverable via hostname in
Nautilus.

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** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Invalid

** Summary changed:

- unable to connect to windows network pc's
+ Unable to see Windows share hostnames in Nautilus

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  Unable to see Windows share hostnames in Nautilus

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