How do you specify read only access to a server

Asked by david braun

How do you specify that Nautilus should mount a windows share read-only? The old "connect to server" dialog had a check box for this. The new URL based "connect to server" doesn't.

I'm using Ubuntu 14.10 and the file manager calls itself "Files" version 3.10.1.
BTW - calling itself Files is ... totally unfriendly especially since the process is Nautilus. That detail cost me an hour.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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If you add an entry for the partition in fstab, you can specify mount options.

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david braun (braunster) said :
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good answer to the wrong question. The old dialog had an option for read
only. The new one doesn't.

How do I specify Read Only in a URL

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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What is the URL?

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david braun (braunster) said :
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It doesn't matter. Where would the read-only part go? An example - smb://pogo@stick/dancer
If I had to guess, the RO part would be a parameter at the end but there's no documentation so ...

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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No.... no documentation at all
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=fstab+samba

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