Bug#561613: gvfs-backends: Places / Network / Windows Network / Workgroup fails to list servers

[Dominique Brazziel]

Package: gvfs-backends
Version: 1.4.1-6
Severity: important

    Before the latest 'gvfs-backends' it was possible to get a list of the 
Windows and Linux servers on the LAN that talked Samba/CIFS.  The network
is a peer network (no PDC).  It used to be possible to click on 'Places',
then 'Network' and 'Windows Network' and then the workgroup name.  After this
a list of the hosts belonging to the workgroup would be presented in the Nautilus
window.  
    Now, an authentication dialog pops up saying "Password required for 
<Workgroup Name>", with the gnome login name as the user name.  No matter
what combination of username and password I enter the dialog pops back up.
The result is I can't see a list of the machines that are online.
     The old behavior can be emulated in text mode using 'smbtree' as follows:
     
     smbtree -S -N
     MBA
        \\DELL2800       		
    	\\DELL1520       		
    	\\ASUSB202       		
    	
The authentication code was added to 'gvfsbackendsmbbrowse.c' but it seems
to want a password for access to a specific server, not a workgroup:

/* translators: %s is a server name */
          message = g_strdup_printf (_("Password required for %s"),
                                               server_name);
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.31-trunk-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gvfs-backends depends on:
ii  gvfs                        1.4.1-6      userspace virtual filesystem - ser
ii  libarchive1                 2.6.2-1      Single library to read/write tar, 
ii  libavahi-client3            0.6.25-2     Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-common3            0.6.25-2     Avahi common library
ii  libavahi-glib1              0.6.25-2     Avahi glib integration library
ii  libbluetooth3               4.57-1       Library to use the BlueZ Linux Blu
ii  libc6                       2.10.2-2     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcdio-cdda0               0.81-4       library to read and control digita
ii  libcdio-paranoia0           0.81-4       library to read digital audio CDs 
ii  libcdio10                   0.81-4       library to read and control CD-ROM
ii  libdbus-1-3                 1.2.16-2     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2            0.82-2       simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libexpat1                   2.0.1-5      XML parsing C library - runtime li
ii  libgconf2-4                 2.28.0-1     GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0                2.22.3-1     The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgphoto2-2                2.4.6-1      gphoto2 digital camera library
ii  libgphoto2-port0            2.4.6-1      gphoto2 digital camera port librar
ii  libgudev-1.0-0              149-1        GObject-based wrapper library for 
ii  libsmbclient                2:3.4.3-1    shared library for communication w
ii  libsoup-gnome2.4-1          2.28.1-3     an HTTP library implementation in 
ii  libsoup2.4-1                2.28.1-3     an HTTP library implementation in 
ii  libxml2                     2.7.6.dfsg-1 GNOME XML library

gvfs-backends recommends no packages.

Versions of packages gvfs-backends suggests:
ii  obex-data-server              0.4.5-1    D-Bus service for OBEX client and 

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