Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: nautilus
I tested it in Ubuntu 10.10 and Natty.
Correct behaviour in the shell:
~ % mkdir some_folder
~ % chmod a-rwx some_folder
~ % rm -r some_folder
rm: descend into write-protected directory `some_folder'? y
rm: remove write-protected directory `some_folder'? y
~ %
Similar with empty directories owned by root:
~ % sudo mkdir some_folder
~ % sudo chmod go-rwx some_folder
~ % rm -r some_folder
rm: descend into write-protected directory `some_folder'? y
rm: remove write-protected directory `some_folder'? y
~ %
Incorrect behaviour in nautilus:
First create an empty directory the same way as above:
~ % sudo mkdir some_folder
~ % sudo chmod go-rwx some_folder
or:
~ % mkdir some_folder
~ % chmod a-rwx some_folder
Then try to delete the folder.
Nautilus states correctly that it cannot be moved to trash ("Unable to trash
file: Permission denied") and provides immediate deleting.
If you choose "Delete" nautilus gives the unexpected error message
"The folder "some_folder" cannot be handled because you do not have permissions
to read it."
Correct behaviour (pcmanfm, thunar and dolphin do it correctly):
Nautilus should not be required to have read access to delete the directory. It
should try to delete it anyway because chances are that the directory is empty
and that the deletion will success.
In the case where the directory is owned by the user permission changing is
trivial, but in the case where the directory is owned by root it is not
possible to delete the directory with nautilus.
I think it should be possible because in the shell (and in other
filemanagers) it is possible too and nautilus should handle permissions
like any other program does.
** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/725936
Title:
Nautilus cannot delete directories when it has no read permissions
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