I'm currently testing out Linux Mint and Fedora in virtual machines before moving my main computer to Linux. I really like the graphical interface in Mint, but I'm having trouble accessing NTFS network drives. In Fedora, I can enter the path 'smb://server.local/' at the bottom of the file explorer. However, I can't find a similar option in Mint's file browser. What do I need to do to view these shares?
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If you're using a different file explorer in Fedora, you might want to see if you can install the same one on Mint. Otherwise, another option is to manually mount the share using the terminal with a command like `mount -t cifs //server/share /target -o username=...`. You could also set this up as a system mount unit for convenience.
To access NTFS shares on Mint, make sure you have 'cifs-utils' installed. If it's already installed, you might just need to look for a place within the file manager where you can enter the server path, similar to how it works in Fedora. Some users have found that the option isn’t as visibly presented as it is in Fedora.
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