[Bug 1849371] Re: [snap] Cannot run chromium as user www-data because home directory is /var/www
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[Bug 1849371] Re: [snap] Cannot run chromium as user www-data because home directory is /var/www
> * Webmail - if I receive an attachment of certain types (libreoffice > is broken; pdf is OK), then I get a "please confirm you want to allow > chromium to open this file" dialog every single time. This is working as intended. This may seem a bit annoying, but strict confinement means it is important for snapd to confirm that the user really intended to open an external file, as opposed to an action triggered automatically by the app. > * password manager (save passwords) is broken - it won't remember > passwords I saved, nor does it remember my preference not to save the > passwords for web-development on localhost, but prompts every time. This was bug #1849160 that is now fixed. In case the update didn't resolve the issue for you, try running the following command in a terminal: snap connect chromium:password-manager-service > * cross site logins are broken (sign into gmail for work, and other > sites that use that gmail auth just fail). Would you mind filing a separate bug for this? This will make it easier to track and investigate the problem. > * some extensions break (e.g. the JSONViewer is > silently-non-functional.) Same as above, would you mind filing a separate bug for this? Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1849371 Title: [snap] Cannot run chromium as user www-data because home directory is /var/www To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapd/+bug/1849371/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1849371] Re: [snap] Cannot run chromium as user www-data because home directory is /var/www
+1 we're willing to pledge €500 (upon invoice) if either snap is repaired or standard packages managed through a system that isn't broken (dpkg/apt). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1849371 Title: [snap] Cannot run chromium as user www-data because home directory is /var/www To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapd/+bug/1849371/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1849371] Re: [snap] Cannot run chromium as user www-data because home directory is /var/www
The snap confinement also seems to create a number of other problems. I've also observed: * Webmail - if I receive an attachment of certain types (libreoffice is broken; pdf is OK), then I get a "please confirm you want to allow chromium to open this file" dialog every single time. * password manager (save passwords) is broken - it won't remember passwords I saved, nor does it remember my preference not to save the passwords for web-development on localhost, but prompts every time. * cross site logins are broken (sign into gmail for work, and other sites that use that gmail auth just fail). * some extensions break (e.g. the JSONViewer is silently-non- functional.) All of these are fixed if I download and unzip the binary from here: https://download-chromium.appspot.com/ - though it sacrifices the entire point of running a distro. I understand the rationale for saving developer time, but this is really broken for me and my company. If it would help, we'd happily be invoiced £500 by the Ubuntu project if you could go back to the deb build - even if you chose only to ship alternate releases. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1849371 Title: [snap] Cannot run chromium as user www-data because home directory is /var/www To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapd/+bug/1849371/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1849371] Re: [snap] Cannot run chromium as user www-data because home directory is /var/www
The limitation on HOME is well known and for now has no workaround other than to bind mount whatever custom home directory to /home/$LOGNAME. I'm marking this as confirmed but I think it's going to be de-duplicated in another pass. There's already a bug for this. ** Also affects: snapd Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: snapd Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: snapd (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1849371 Title: [snap] Cannot run chromium as user www-data because home directory is /var/www To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapd/+bug/1849371/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1849371] Re: [snap] Cannot run chromium as user www-data because home directory is /var/www
Snapd team: this is admittedly a corner case, but users with a home directory outside of /home might want to run snaps (especially CLI tools as e.g. user www-data). Would it be feasible to add support for this in snapd? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1849371 Title: [snap] Cannot run chromium as user www-data because home directory is /var/www To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1849371/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
