[Bug 1900429] Re: [snap] Unable to access files owned by another user

2020-10-20 Thread Olivier Tilloy
That's a question that would be better answered by the snapd design/security team. May I suggest you ask it on https://forum.snapcraft.io/ (preferably keeping offending words out, this will help in getting answers and sparking a constructive conversation)? -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1900429] Re: [snap] Unable to access files owned by another user

2020-10-20 Thread Andreas Fritiofson
In my case, a docker-based firmware build process produces a update package (owned by root, for some reason), which I upload to a target via a web-interface. Sure, I can change the owner of the files but still, this used to work and it doesn't now. Let me turn the question around. What is the

[Bug 1900429] Re: [snap] Unable to access files owned by another user

2020-10-19 Thread Olivier Tilloy
That's the intended behaviour, snapd's sandbox doesn't allow strictly confined snaps (such as chromium) to access files owned by someone else. Out of curiosity, what's the use case for files owned by a different owner in your home directory? ** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu)