Hello! Ubuntu 18.04 libreoffice build ID: libreoffice-6.0.4.2-snap1
I find it weird that opening * /home/<user>/.hidden/Document.odt DOES NOT WORK (access denied) * /home/<user>/Documents/.hidden/Document.odt WORKS * /home/<user>/myfolder/.hidden/Document.odt WORKS Opening * /home/<user>/.Hidden.odt DOES NOT WORK (access denied) Opening * /home/<user>/Document.odt DOES NOT WORK (LibreOffice complains that it can't create a lock file (which is a hidden file), and opens the document only read only) Opening (non-hidden) documents directly in the home directory is intended to only work read-only? Seems that accessing hidden files in the first level inside the home directory is denied. The "home" interface for snaps doesn't allow reading/writing files to .dot directories directly under $HOME. This is to mitigate access to sensitive information. See https://docs.snapcraft.io/reference/interfaces. We have several applications which access documents under /home/<user>/.hidden which now does not work any more. Of course I could move all the documents to /home/<user>/Documents/.hidden, but this would require all applications to be adjusted for that. We also have libreoffice extensions which require accessing files in the .hidden directory. If I move them to the documents directory I have to find out the path of it e.g. via "xdg-user-dir DOCUMENTS", but will that work inside the libreoffice extension with limited access? I could create a directory with a known name directly in the home directory and put all the files into it, but this could confuse users if there is a directory which contains only a hidden directory. Unhiding our .hidden directory could also confuse users as we store internal data there. Any suggestions? Regards, Dominik -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1766192 Title: [snap] cannot save file under $HOME Status in snapd: Triaged Status in libreoffice package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: (this was initially reported on the forum: https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/libreoffice-6-0-3-not-so-stable/5032) When trying to save a file under $HOME (not a subdirectory), the user is presented with an error dialog: --- Error --- Error saving the document Untitled 1: Object not accessible. The object cannot be accessed due to insufficient user rights. [OK] This is because libreoffice tries to create a lock file of the form: "$HOME/.~lock.Untitled 1.odt", and the home interface doesn't allow writing hidden files (those with a filename that starts with a dot) under $HOME. DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=18.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=bionic DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (development branch)" DESKTOP_SESSION=ubuntu GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge HOME=/home/osomon/snap/libreoffice/59 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 LC_MONETARY=fr_FR.UTF-8 LC_NAME=fr_FR.UTF-8 LC_NUMERIC=fr_FR.UTF-8 LC_TIME=fr_FR.UTF-8 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/var/lib/snapd/lib/gl:/var/lib/snapd/lib/gl32:/var/lib/snapd/void:/snap/libreoffice/59/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu::/snap/libreoffice/59/lib:/snap/libreoffice/59/usr/lib:/snap/libreoffice/59/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:/snap/libreoffice/59/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:/snap/libreoffice/59/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mesa-egl:/snap/libreoffice/59/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mesa PATH=/snap/libreoffice/59/usr/sbin:/snap/libreoffice/59/usr/bin:/snap/libreoffice/59/sbin:/snap/libreoffice/59/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games SNAP=/snap/libreoffice/59 SNAP_ARCH=amd64 SNAP_COMMON=/var/snap/libreoffice/common SNAP_DATA=/var/snap/libreoffice/59 SNAP_LIBRARY_PATH=/var/lib/snapd/lib/gl:/var/lib/snapd/lib/gl32:/var/lib/snapd/void SNAP_NAME=libreoffice SNAP_REEXEC= SNAP_REVISION=59 SNAP_USER_COMMON=/home/osomon/snap/libreoffice/common SNAP_USER_DATA=/home/osomon/snap/libreoffice/59 SNAP_VERSION=6.0.3.2 TEMPDIR=/tmp TMPDIR=/run/user/1000/snap.libreoffice XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=ubuntu:GNOME XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share/ubuntu:/usr/share/ubuntu:/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/var/lib/snapd/desktop:/var/lib/snapd/desktop XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000/snap.libreoffice XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=ubuntu XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapd/+bug/1766192/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
