Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: nautilus
Steps to reproduce:
* On the desktop icon for a mounted USB drive, open the properties dialog via
context menu.
* In tab "Drive", it's possible to specify a custom mount point.
* If the mountpoint entered contains illegal characters, such as file separator
chars, neither a warning is issued, nor is the illegal value rejected.
* If a user enters a mountpoint like e.g. "/media/player" by mistake, the drive
cannot be mounted anymore because:
* When the drive is attached again, an error dialog appears ("cannot mount
volume", details contain a hint about illegal chars in the mount point)
* As the drive is not mounted, the properties dialog cannot be accessed to
edit the mountpoint
* There is no obvious way to revoke the broken mountpoint (only using
gconf-editor)
Suggested solution:
Validate the mountpoint entered in the properties dialog and reject illegal
values immediately.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Sep 22 22:02:52 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
Package: nautilus 1:2.22.3-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: nautilus
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686
** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug
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value for custom mountpoint not checked, fatal consequences
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273303
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