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In Ubuntu running Gnome 2 you were able to select "Connect to Server" from the Places menu and you would get a graphical connection to whatever server you connected to.

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How can you do this from within Xubuntu?

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I was able to connect to servers by first running

sudo apt-get install gvfs-fuse gvfs-backends

Then, open up any folder and hit Ctrl+L. In the location dialog box it presented I could then enter:

sftp://user@hostname:port/directory/path

This would give me a browser of the remote system.

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Adding remote servers to /etc/fstab is very useful for frequent mounts. If you have SSH access, you can use SSHFS to mount the remove volume easily and automatically. – earthmeLon Nov 9 '11 at 17:30
I thought of that as well, but didn't want to have them always mounted for two reasons: 1) In the event I'm not connected to a network it can slow down and/or pause boot and 2) It poses a security risk if someone were to get unauthorized access to my PC. – PHLAK Nov 9 '11 at 18:52
In the case that you're using Public Key Authentication, your risk with 'unauthorized access' isn't with putting it in your fstab. Also, fstab entries with basic settings do not mount at boot; You still have to request their mounting (totally optional). Have fun either way :D – earthmeLon Nov 11 '11 at 5:27
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This is not yet built in into thunar, it is however work in progress. In the meantime, use gigolo to manage these bookmarks.

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This is not correct, see PHLAK's answer. – Syzygy Mar 23 '12 at 3:10
Works fine for me. – D. Strout Apr 17 at 3:48

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