The weird thing is, if snap sandboxing was responsible, why did Galen's snap-based firefox on the same release not do the same thing. Also, why can I see the directory contents and click on the file. It just doesn't get passed to the uploader. There is something opaque going on.
-- Russell Senior [email protected] On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 4:42 PM Tomas Kuchta <[email protected]> wrote: > > I had the same issue with Ubuntu snap based applications not having access > to this or that file/directory/extension because snap uses separate > directory structure and/or permissions. > > My solution was to instal firefox as .deb from mozilla ppa and change the > apt priorities, so that the next update wouldn't put back the snap.package > over the .deb. Normal (as not snap) packages just use your filesystem with > its permissions as is. > > I guess that you could try to figure out snap packaging and .... I > honestly, do not care about snap, other than get it out of my way. > > Hope that helps, > Tomas > > On Tue, Jun 25, 2024, 16:04 Russell Senior <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > 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] > >
