# GVFS (Gnome Virtual Filesystem)

GVFS or `gio mount` allows access to different types of network filesystems like SMB/CIFS and protocols like FTP or SFTP.

If Nautilus access to such a destination or a `gio mount ...` does not work, following can be used to see what happens inside `gvfsd`:

```bash
GVFS_SMB_DEBUG=10 GVFS_DEBUG=1 $(find /usr/lib* -name gvfsd 2>/dev/null) --replace
```
of if Kerberos is involved and might be the issue:
```bash
KRB5_TRACE=/dev/stdout GVFS_SMB_DEBUG=10 GVFS_DEBUG=1 $(find /usr/lib* -name gvfsd 2>/dev/null) --replace
```