Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: nautilus

OS: Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid, upgraded from Hardy
Software: SSHFS, AutoFS, no changes concerning Nautilus

I'm using SSHFS with AutoFS to mount remote shares, which I must have
unmounted after some time because of security concerns. This has had me
set a timeout on the AutoFS mounts.

The problem is that when opening a remote folder in Nautilus, the timeout 
countdown starts as soon as I stop clicking on folders/files. When it's down, I 
get a password prompt.
This is buggy behaviour to me, because if I set the timeout to 10 seconds, 
there is a password prompt every 10 seconds if I just have a remote folder open 
in Nautilus, doing nothing else. Of course I've got a bigger timeout, but it's 
still quite annoying.

I think that it should either:
1. Start the timeout as soon as I don't browse around or poll the file system 
manually in any other way. Then ask for a password only if user interaction 
occurs.

2. Don't time out as long as I have an open remote folder (after closing
the last remote directory, let AutoFS time out and unmount). This is how
KDE's Konqueror and gnome-terminal behave.


There is already a bug filed at the GNOME bugzilla about this. But it 
originates from 2002 and the last comment is from 2006... which is about the 
issue still not being resolved.
That's why I'm reporting here. If anyone has a better idea who to harass into 
fixing this, speak up ;)
Here's the GNOME bug:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101673

I've also started a thread at the ubuntuforums.org:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1003656

** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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autofs timeout
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/306673
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