Creating shortcut to a network location on desktop

Solution 1:

Say your server is an sftp server of the url ftp://myserver.com and your username there is myuser (works the same way for a regular ftp server or samba). You can open it with your regular nautilus file manager using nautilus ftp://[email protected] &.

The proceeding to do so in a .desktop file is basically as in 天使の's answer. You create a *.desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Network(myserver)
Comment=Open ip in Nautilus
Exec=nautilus nautilus ftp://[email protected]
Icon=network
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Categories=GNOME;
OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity;
X-GNOME-Keywords=Network;myserver;
Name[en_US]=blubb

When you first connect to that server, you will be asked for a Password. Type in your password and click "Remember forever" in the password dialog.

Solution 2:

Open gedit text editor and copy the below text and paste it into a new file. Then save the file giving name Network(192.168.1.90).desktop and exit gedit. Then from terminal, run this command chmod +x Network(192.168.1.90).desktop(to make it executable)

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Network(192.168.1.90)
Comment=Open ip in Nautilus 
Exec=nautilus-connect-server \\192.168.1.90
Icon=network
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Categories=GNOME;
X-GNOME-Keywords=Network;192.168.1.90;

Then double clicking the icon, will execute the file. Provide feedback, if it doesn't work.

If you want to remember configuration use Filezilla