Bug#849525: Bug also confirmed in version 1.28.2

[Jason Crain]

On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 05:15:56PM -0400, Markus Hamilton wrote:
> The bug is still there using version 1.28.2 now ... in fact there are forum
> discussions and bug reports all over the internet about this problem for
> years now. Could we at least get a statement from the maintainers whether
> this will ever get fixed or is there some policy we could implement to allow
> this. SOME information would really help to figure out where this is going.

>From the gvfs-mount manpage:

    -a, --anonymous
        Use an anonymous user when authenticating

This option was added in gvfs version 1.23.90 so gvfs-mount (or gio
mount) should work on stretch or later.  On earlier versions you can try
entering a fake username and password depending on how you have samba
set up.

About pcmanfm and caja - I don't see any problem with anonymous smb
shares using nautilus so this is likely something that pcmanfm and caja
need to add support for.