Public bug reported: I ran nautilus as root (gksudo) in order to copy another user's .gconf folder, which then got the ownership of root. In properties of the .gconf folder, I corrected the permissions and clicked the button to transfer them to all contained files/folders. There was no indication that the process takes time, and the ownership of the contained files/folders was not changed.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.5.90.really.3.4.2-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-21.32-generic 3.5.7.1 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-21-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9 Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Dec 26 09:51:42 2012 GsettingsChanges: MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 quantal running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1093759 Title: transfer permissions to contained folders does nothing Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I ran nautilus as root (gksudo) in order to copy another user's .gconf folder, which then got the ownership of root. In properties of the .gconf folder, I corrected the permissions and clicked the button to transfer them to all contained files/folders. There was no indication that the process takes time, and the ownership of the contained files/folders was not changed. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.5.90.really.3.4.2-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-21.32-generic 3.5.7.1 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-21-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9 Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Dec 26 09:51:42 2012 GsettingsChanges: MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1093759/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp