Hi, I had a slightly bizarre experience yesterday with Firefox. I was using a web form to upload firmware to a router. The classic "Browse" button allowed me to navigate my local environment for a file to upload and "Select" the file. Because the file was actually coming from another machine, I had scp'd it to my local /tmp directory to make it available to my browser. So, I navigate to /tmp/, see the intended file, and click "Select" in the file browser. But then, the file isn't actually selected, and there is nothing to upload when I click the Upload button in the web form.
I thought to myself, "wait, what?". So, I copy the file to my ~/Downloads directory and try again and it works. I try in a private browser window. I try in Firefox's "Safe mode" (or "Troubleshoot Mode"). Still, it works from ~/Downloads but it does not work from /tmp or /srv/randomdir. I checked ownership/permissions of the file and the directory. This is on a fairly recent install of Ubuntu 22.04, with Firefox 127.0.1, and the default Snap. Does anyone have insight to this odd behavior? -- Russell Senior [email protected]
