GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 524405
cannot drag files to network bookmarks without manually mounting first
Last modified: 2021-06-18 15:28:47 UTC
The bug has been described on https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/206613 "In ubuntu feisty/gutsy, I was able to create a bookmark to an sshfs mount and drag files to it on the fly without having to mount the sshfs manually. Now, when I drag a file from say the Desktop to an sshfs bookmark, it complains with: Error while copying to "images on server". There was an error getting information about the destination. The specified location is not mounted I have to then click on the bookmark to mount it in order to copy files to it. Mounting this way also puts a shortcut to the mount on my desktop. This manual procedure and added shortcut were not needed before and I feel are pointless."
Confirming.
This problem also exists with smb bookmarks. Not just sshfs.
Mass component change due to BZ cleanup, sorry for the noise.
This is more or less fixed because Nautilus 3.8 will mount the network bookmark on hover while dragging files. With this, it is now possible to drag files to network bookmarks without manually mounting first. However, if we quickly drop before nautilus mounts it, we still get the same problem.
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