gentoo file manager cannot copy or delete files

[Tony Austin]

Attempting to copy or delete files does not work. Permissions would allow these
operations.

In the case of attempting to copy a simple file there is a error message:-

  Couldn't copy "/home/tony/xxx": No such file or directory (code 2)

Delete just doesn't work and gives no message.

I use gentoo filemanager with other distros and know it works in them.

[Tony Austin (tony-gigaday)]

I have further info on this. The problem seems to be linked to the fact that
Ubuntu does not have a real root user and uses sudo for root access.

If I set up a vncserver to run as root on the target computer and then access
the target computer via vncviewer from another computer, then gentoo works properly.

Starting gentoo with the --root-ok flag from a root shell directly on the
computer however does not allow gentoo to work properly, nor does starting
gentoo as a non-root user.

[Gauvain Pocentek (gpocentek)]

Thanks for the bug report Tony.
I can't reproduce this on dapper (gentoo 0.11.46-1).
Is the bug still present for you, and if it is, could you precise which version of ubuntu and gentoo you're using?

[Tony Austin (tony-gigaday)]

I am using Breezy and gentoo 0.11.46-1, the bug is still present as originally described.

[Dennis Kaarsemaker (dennis)]

Tony: any chance you can test this on Dapper? With a live cd perhaps?

[Bret Towe (magnade)]

looking at the changelog of 0.11.56 I see an item that sounds like it might fix this issue

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=32880&release_id=442204