[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2022-05-14 Thread Andrew Aitchison
> The whole issue also raises the silly question: what is so security- sensitive about /tmp? Another, non-privileged, user can write to it, so could leave a trojan (malware) in there ... Ubuntu has /tmp/user/uid which I assume exists to work around that issue, but chromium wont let me see

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2022-05-14 Thread Martin Sohnius
This has been going on for at least 6 years now! Even though I am not a Ubuntu man (for historical reasons I am on OpenSuse), it is highly relevant to me, because after the latest OS upgrade, my time-honoured Acrobat Reader 9 (Linux version!) can finally not run any more. So I installed the snap

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2021-12-07 Thread Jamie Strandboge
** Changed in: snapd (Ubuntu) Assignee: Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand) => (unassigned) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1643706 Title: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of

Re: [Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2021-12-07 Thread Cristiano
I don't think they will. Based on the first answers, the problem is at the core of this system. Fix it means re-write almost everything. At this point you have only two options: - Use the classic mode (passing --classic parameter to the Snap) that remove all restrictions and/or - Move to Flatpak

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2021-12-07 Thread Nathan Hinton
Is anyone actually going to fix this? This is a major issue as shown by all of the comments here for many years that has been ignored. I understand that maybe not everyone stores their stuff on external places or in other directories but this should be an option for those of us who do. I have

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2021-10-20 Thread rhi
Same problem. I regularly use /tmp for downloads and uploads that shouldn't stress the SSD. With Firefox packaged as snap, I can now only download to /home. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2021-07-14 Thread cha0s
I'm throwing in my support for allowing users to run their own systems. I'm almost in disbelief that this issue not only exists, but has been active for 5 years. I first encountered this using chrome on Linux when trying to download a file. It's not in one of the preordained locations, so it

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2021-04-18 Thread Denis
** Information type changed from Public to Public Security -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1643706 Title: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2021-03-21 Thread Sergio Callegari
flatpak seems to have that nice --filesystem option. Is something like that, including --filesystem=host for when you trust the package, really not possible? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2021-03-14 Thread Chris McDonough
Not that it's worth much, but I will side with the folks who want to be able to configure paths as exceptions to the hardcoded rule of "only allow access to files in /dev, /etc, and /home" either globally or per- snap. I cannot fathom a reason for a central authority to distrust a local

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2021-02-06 Thread Zygmunt Krynicki
Hey Itay Perl. Unfortunately we cannot mount an overlayfs to solve this issue as is is not compatible with apparmor and it would effectively break confinement. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2021-02-06 Thread Peter Stalman
I agree. What about just having a `snap` user, and then you can add groups to that user to allow access? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1643706 Title: snap apps need to be able to

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-12-16 Thread Sergio Callegari
There should be a way for root to configure the confinement or to make it rely on the usual UGO ownership model. The current setup with hardcoded paths is extremely impractical/limiting in some situations. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-11-17 Thread Itay Perl
Not having /data etc. in the base snap image to mount onto sounds like a poor excuse to me. You could mount a tiny fs on top of the snap image using overlayfs and add the missing directory. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-10-31 Thread Jarno Suni
Patrick Dinklage, as your employer advises to use /scratch, I suppose your IT administrator could configure the snap apps and mounts so that you could use the local filesystem via a directory under /mnt by applying these instructions: https://askubuntu.com/a/1286929/21005 -- You received this

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-10-24 Thread Hippo Man
I understand about confinement and how it is an intrinsic part of the `snap` functionality. This means that there are many commonly used programs which should **never** be converted to `snap`-based architecture, because they are often used in cases where confinement is not appropriate.

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-10-09 Thread Cristiano
That is pretty much the reason that I am moving all my apps to Flatpak that deal with this issue way better. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1643706 Title: snap apps need to be able

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-10-09 Thread Aaron K
I created an account just to be able to post this. This restriction completely invalidates the ability of some applications to work. I use CloudCompare, and have 2TB of data on another drive that can't be accessed. You can get around this absurdity by just installing with the --devmode flag. --

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-09-18 Thread FelipeAF
it would be nice to have some settings to choose paths (like /data) to give same security level as home. The actual state is too restrictive and limits usability. There are a lot of apps that i can't use snaps just because my files aren't in /home (as i have a small SSD and a big HD). -- You

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-09-17 Thread Oliver
I'll be the first to concede software issues aren't god-given (they're developer-given ... or imposed); being a developer this is something I basically preach to fellow developers. But a blanket statement of "it is just bad software" seems a bit over the top. I think snaps do indeed provide added

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-09-17 Thread Matthew Guay
Just chiming in to say I am having the same problem with a snap (Tiled), neither the --classic workaround nor sudo snap connect tiled:removable- media works. Between this and the other issues people have noted with snap, it seems like it is just bad software and the team is not doing a good job

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-09-10 Thread christian.comes
British style comment: it is inconvenient that snaps behave this way, from the point of view of the user. Real meaning: I just cannot understand how a *single* developer may even think that this snap behaviour is acceptable in any way- it is a show stopper, i.e. a reason to fire a full

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-08-31 Thread Patrick Dinklage
At our university, we use a network-mounted /home directory, but it is inherently slow. Every employee is advised to store data that doesn't have to be shared among all systems in their local /scratch directory structure on that machine (desktops, practically), which is backed up regularly. So

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-08-27 Thread Oliver
Hi Zygmunt, I can only surmise what the statement by Rajat may have meant, but indeed any status calling this "fixed" seems somewhat _odd_. But on the other hand there is little reason to change it now after two and a half years. Any idea where to find more information about the progress on

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-08-27 Thread Zygmunt Krynicki
Dear Rajat, please mount your external disk under /mnt/* or using dynamic location in /media. Those locations are not supported. Arbitrary locations cannot be supported, until all applications access files using portals. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-08-27 Thread Rajat Pandita
I have my Secondary Disk mounted under /Data and I have videos and music in the directory. none of my installed snaps can see this directory no matter what. I think this bug should not be marked as fix released. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-08-26 Thread Bogdan Mart
Have same issue with Telegram snap app. I have file inside /tmp dir (I do not won't to polute system with files downloaded so basically /tmp is my browsers download dir) and I want to send to my peers using instant messenger, but Telgram can't access /tmp -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-08-13 Thread Zygmunt Krynicki
@nigels - there is no setting because there's no real way to represent arbitrary location. This is a very hard technical problem, not the lack of a knob to control some setting. There are conventions we could use to get to a state where most users could be happy. Where is your music and videos

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-08-13 Thread Nigel Stewart
This situation is absurd. All my music and videos are on a NAS. They are not mounted in /media for good reason. Is there a setting? No? Epic fail. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-05-10 Thread Oliver
Dziękuję! Your insights are very much appreciated. I learned something new. > - how to represent /data for security, is it equivalent to the home > interface or do you want to special-case it? I'd like to _assign_ it to some predefined interface at least. Special cases tend to make things more

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-05-04 Thread Oliver
Regarding use cases, I am mostly with @pmorch. What I _thought_ when I dug into the documentation a bit was that the connections would lend themselves to the purpose (snap connections vlc). But it turns out that the list of those are predefined and so I am not able to "wire" a given snap in a way

Re: [Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-04-25 Thread Doug McMahon
Your wasting your time commenting here about that near useless gedit snap. This bug is fix released, no one pays attention, I'm removing notifications myself now. File a bug, preface description with [Snap], don't hold your breath.. On Sat, Apr 25, 2020, 1:20 AM Ebuzer Taha Kanat

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-04-24 Thread Ebuzer Taha Kanat
For snap2.44.3 snapd 2.44.3 series 16 ubuntu 16.04 kernel 4.15.0-15-generic even when home gedit:home :home - connected gedit snap can't acces to file in $HOME/snap/chromium/current/Downloads/ It can access to everywhere

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-02-09 Thread Peter Valdemar Mørch
John writes: > The work Zyga is prototyping is to allow non-desktop-integrated > snaps (like, indeed, vlc, or hopefully even server snaps on a > headless system) Sorry I missed that. I interpret that as meaning vlc won't be supported/affected by Portals integration even when it is done. :-(

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-02-09 Thread Peter Valdemar Mørch
Stéphane Gourichon says it much better in fewer words than I've been able to in https://askubuntu.com/a/1040278/34154: > @ZygmuntKrynicki Thanks for popping in and explaining that the code does what you intend. I respectfully and totally disagree with what you write. Hard-coding paths is very

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-02-09 Thread Peter Valdemar Mørch
Hi John, I've outlined my use case here: How to give snaps access to /somedir - Ask Ubuntu https://askubuntu.com/questions/1033344/how-to-give-snaps-access-to-somedir I want to access my files in /somedir. I don't want snaps to dictate '/home', '/mnt' or any other special directories. It is

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-02-09 Thread John Lenton
First, to be clear, the best way forward for integration is via desktop portals, where the access and authorization is integrated into the desktop shell. I don't know the status of that work but it's ongoing. The work Zyga is prototyping is to allow non-desktop-integrated snaps (like, indeed,

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-02-09 Thread Peter Valdemar Mørch
> and just confirm a prompt using a trusted security mechanism (e.g. integrated with gnome shell) Oh, no, I'm glad I asked... So what whould then happen when vlc automatically tries to open the subtitle file associated with the video? When I open "vlc /my/custom/path/file.avi" I presumably will

Re: [Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-02-08 Thread Doug McMahon
That sounds interesting. The snap I'd test on is the snap gedit which currently borders on useless except for local non hidden files & same on removable media. On Sat, Feb 8, 2020, 12:01 PM Zygmunt Krynicki < zygmunt.kryni...@canonical.com> wrote: > When the feature is available you will be able

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-02-08 Thread Zygmunt Krynicki
When the feature is available you will be able to open any file and just confirm a prompt using a trusted security mechanism (e.g. integrated with gnome shell). All files are representable from a snap point of view, though not at the original path (in your example the path will be

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-02-08 Thread Peter Valdemar Mørch
Hi Zygmunt, Thanks for your comment. Just so I understand... Will this new feature allow me to configure vlc so that "vlc /my/custom/path/file.avi" will be possible? If so, that would be grand! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-02-07 Thread Zygmunt Krynicki
Hey snapd developer here. I've been working on a feature that would greatly improve the user experience of accessing arbitrary files. The problem with the feature is that it is still in early stages, both userspace and kernel, so we cannot rely or ship it. I want to re-assure you that this is

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2020-02-07 Thread Stéphane Gourichon
Today, after very poor past experience with snaps, I thought to give it a go once again to use some third party software packaged as snap. Alas, I see this bug is sadly still not fixed. # Docker (arguably different use cases) got it right With docker it can be as easy as: docker run -it -v

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2019-12-15 Thread Hans Deragon
Got my files in a common mount point /vol/media where all members of the family have access too (we share the same computer). No one should have to make a local copy of a family video in their respective /home directory to look at it. And it is a bit ridiculous that now, going forward, every

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2019-12-14 Thread costinel
>Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2016-11-22: #2 > >Thank you for your bug report, the confinement restriction is a feature >though. Where do you want to play videos from? Reading from another location >than your userdir or removable media or remote shares is probably something >most

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2019-10-13 Thread Peter Valdemar Mørch
There is also this related/identical question on askubuntu: How to give snaps access to /somedir https://askubuntu.com/q/1033344/34154 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1643706 Title:

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2019-10-13 Thread Nidal R
Okay, i tried open the file after re-installing vlc via --classic, still no dice... wth? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1643706 Title: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2019-10-13 Thread Nidal R
VLC is a media player... Kind of like a text editor, Opening files from arbritary locations is well within expected usage... At minimum, Snap should allow users to open arbritary files via the open dialog. Or maybe vlc should not be installed as a confined app.. -- You received this bug

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2019-01-09 Thread Oliver Grawert
the /mnt dir (and all subdirs underneath) is also covered by the removable-media interface that was mentioned above (in the most recent snapd versions). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2019-01-08 Thread Nato Boram
What about snaps that operate as a command line and an environment variable? I set IPFS_PATH to /mnt/Shared/IPFS, but IPFS outputs a "permission denied". -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2018-11-21 Thread John Lenton
@abssorb The hugo snap seems to be missing the 'removable-media' interface that'd let you use it with /media. I'd say that's a bug in the hugo snap. And you're right, communicating of why something isn't allowed is not properly done yet. It's hard. We'll get to it, hopefully, someday. But that's

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2018-11-21 Thread abssorb
Still looks like a bug not a feature. If it were a feature, it would have the necessary communications with the end user sorted out completely. I wasn't even aware of this crucifying limitation until I saw an error on 18.04 via hugo: client1:/media/web_server/hugo$ hugo new site hugotest Error:

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2018-05-08 Thread Peter Valdemar Mørch
Thank you @zyga for your reply. I think I understand it. I'll sit tight and await the portals integration to finish and make it to 18.04. Then I'll be able to configure snapd to allow vlc to open files under /store (perhaps requiring a patch to vlc to enable the portals cooperation). -- You

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2018-05-08 Thread Zygmunt Krynicki
Allowing access outside of /home is possible but allowing access to arbitrary places is not possible for obvious reasons. The work on portals is ongoing and it will, for cooperating applications, allow to open files from user-specified locations. Jamie marked is as Fix Released with precise

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2018-05-08 Thread Peter Valdemar Mørch
I'm wondering why this bug has been marked as "Fix Released". : The title says: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir And the body of the first post says: Try to open a file that's not in your home folder, can't do so thru the open file browser. Isn't that still true

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2018-05-07 Thread Peter Valdemar Mørch
@jdstrand: You write: > Very soon snapd will be able to leverage portals for arbitrary file system > access > (this will hopefully be in 2.32). I see that I'm using snapd version 2.32.5+18.04 here in Xubuntu 18.04. Should I now somehow be able to use "portals" to access files in my NFS mount

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2018-02-22 Thread Jamie Strandboge
/lib is allowed via the AppArmor base abstraction and /dev directory reads is allowed as a convenience (apparmor and device cgroups mediate device access). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2018-02-21 Thread Doug McMahon
Looking at vlc as an example in 18.04 things seem much better & also appears accessible folders that shouldn't be has been cleaned up a bit. Do wonder why vlc can still access /dev & /lib, not that there are any media files there but seems odd it can.. -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2018-02-21 Thread Jamie Strandboge
Responding to myself: "There is definitely a usability issue though because Seb is right-- it is a core feature of strict confinement that snaps cannot see other snaps, files, etc, but file choosers need to be able to do so and adding a rule like the one above breaks that. Adding another

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2018-02-21 Thread Jamie Strandboge
@hackel and @bhjolly - yes, there are limitations in what strict confinement allows. We have transitional interfaces for home and removable-media that allow snaps to access the user's files and hotplugged media. If you mount outside of these areas, snaps will not be able to access the data. Today

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2018-02-21 Thread Ben
Same problem with cloudcompare. Installed using snap, launches fine, can't find any files as I don't keep gigantic 3D point clouds in my home directory. Seriously, what is the point of this thing? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2018-01-20 Thread hackel
I just installed the snap version of VLC for the first time, and the very first thing I did was try to play a video from my (NFS mounted) media server. No-go. Is there some rule that all remote shares must be mounted under /media now? (vs. /mnt which is what I've always used) This at the very

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2017-08-06 Thread Strangiato Xanadu
I cant play videos from my ntfs partition using vlc player. I get "access denied" error. Fix this absurd problem please. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1643706 Title: snap apps need

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2016-12-05 Thread Jamie Strandboge
@Michael and @Zygmunt -- classic confinement won't fix this, it will only workaround it. This bug is about a 'confinement: strict' snap (vlc) that works completely fine with strict mode except for being able to browse outside of the directories that the snap is configured to use (ie, outside of

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2016-12-05 Thread Zygmunt Krynicki
** Changed in: snapd (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Zygmunt Krynicki (zyga) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1643706 Title: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2016-12-05 Thread Michael Vogt
The new "classic" confinement will fix this. ** Changed in: snapd (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1643706 Title: snap apps need to be

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2016-11-24 Thread Doug McMahon
I was wrong about the context menu, apps would still be confined. As it stands this will just lead to widespread advice to install apps with --devmode. (- or if that's the only way then maybe some snaps should default to devmode & users can disable that if they wish.. -- You received this bug

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2016-11-23 Thread ventrical
It is just as bad (if not worse) in unity8.. but I think a different bug needs to be filed with other breakage. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1643706 Title: snap apps need to be

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2016-11-22 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** 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/1643706 Title:

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2016-11-22 Thread Jamie Strandboge
FYI, the apparmor rule for browsing any directory is: /{,**/} r, Also note that there is now a 'removable-media' interface that vlc, et al can use to be able to access /media/ There is definitely a usability issue though because Seb is right-- it is a core feature of strict confinement

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2016-11-22 Thread Doug McMahon
I don't believe it's atypical for users to have & use a data partition or want to access files from mounted removable media. I guess this would somewhat be mitigated if snaps showed up in the file browser's context menu by default (- rather than users needing to create a local .desktop for

[Bug 1643706] Re: snap apps need to be able to browse outside of user $HOME dir. for Desktop installs

2016-11-22 Thread Sebastien Bacher
Thank you for your bug report, the confinement restriction is a feature though. Where do you want to play videos from? Reading from another location than your userdir or removable media or remote shares is probably something most user never do... -- You received this bug notification because you