EbonJaeger What kind of shares are we talking about? Samba?
No, smb is usually handled okay by the non-Solus distros I explore. My NAS provides both smb and nfs support, and since all my computers run on Linux, I prefer using nfs. Requiring a password to access those shares is usually the mildest form of inconvenience.
Some other distros work like Solus, assuming that if it's your system, and you've modified your /etc/fstab to mount your shares, then you should have unrestricted access to them. Some, like Fedora, ask you to enter a password the first time you access them during a session. Some simply deny access altogether, even if I use chmod (as root) to make myself their owner and group.
I was hoping that Solus Budgie might be able to preserve the way it now works, after a change to Nemo. (And thus keep it working the way the other Solus editions work.)