Raspberry Pi OS • Trouble connecting to SMB shared drives in File Manager

Hello,

I am trying to access my NAS from Raspberry Pi OS desktop. The shared directory is using the SMB protocol, but the file manager Go > Connect to Server menu item only lets me connect to shares with

* SSH
* FTP
* WebDAV

However if I click on "Go > Network" I can see the share I want to connect to.

My questions are:
* Why does the file manager not allow me to specify type: SMB?
* What is the name of the file manager?
* Is there a drop-in replacement file manager with better UX but still lightweight resource footprint that would work with labwc/wlroots/the system tray/the raspberri pi desktop?

Thank you,
k

Statistics: Posted by k_8 — Fri Oct 24, 2025 1:08 pm

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