This problem persists with recent versions of Ubuntu and Evince when editing files on CIFS/SMB shares, even after disabling AppArmor.
The reason for this is that Evince attempts to move the temporary file over the original PDF while it still has the latter file open, and overwriting open files is not supported by SMB: https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2021-November/238366.html https://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2021-November/238367.html -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1567565 Title: Permission error saving a file To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1567565/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
