I dis some rearch in the upstream bug tracker and came upon "Better warning and error messages.", which seems to fix this bug. It makes inaccessible folders appear in red and their parent folders appear in orange. So this bug seems to be fixed in xenial, although I never noticed the connection between the colors and the error message.
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #686136 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=686136 ** Also affects: baobab via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=686136 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: baobab (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to baobab in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1308185 Title: give a way to disclose more information about inaccessible folders Status in baobab: Unknown Status in baobab package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: it's good to see bug 162159 fixed in the most recent versions, informing the user if some folders are inaccessible. It would be even better if (for example by clicking on that notification) a list of the inaccessible folders was presented for inspection. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/baobab/+bug/1308185/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
