pcmanfm cut&paste a folder to a destination folder withouth write permission causes data loss
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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libfm (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
pcmanfm (openSUSE) |
Fix Released
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Critical
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Bug Description
1. create a folder on your desktop
for example ~/Desktop/test/
2. mount an external usb on which there's a folder on which you don't have write permission
for example /media/
3. cut your folder on the desktop & paste it on the usb folder using the gui,
which simply means:
- right-click on the folder "test" on your desktop and choose "cut"
- use pcmanfm to go to the usb folder and right-click on it and choose "past"
4. A window with the progress bar will open with an error on it saying "test: Error creating directory: permission denied"
After that the original folder "test" on the desktop disappears, and of course there's no copy on the target folder.
As a consequence you loose your original folder and all data in it.
The original folder is removed while the error window is shown, the removing process doesn't wait for the user to press the close button on that window.
Tested with:
- pcmanfm 0.9.7 on lubuntu 10.10
- pcmanfm 0.9.9 on lubuntu 11.04
- pcmanfm 0.9.9 on ubuntu 11.04
here's the discussion on ubuntuforums:
http://
Related branches
Changed in pcmanfm (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in pcmanfm (openSUSE): | |
importance: | Unknown → Critical |
status: | Unknown → Incomplete |
Changed in pcmanfm (openSUSE): | |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
Changed in pcmanfm (openSUSE): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
no longer affects: | libfm (Ubuntu Maverick) |
no longer affects: | libfm (Ubuntu Natty) |
no longer affects: | pcmanfm (Ubuntu Maverick) |
no longer affects: | pcmanfm (Ubuntu Natty) |
no longer affects: | pcmanfm (Ubuntu) |
Extra comments:
A)
This happens only when trying to cut folders (files work fine).
B)
This happens only when trying to paste them on a destination folder without write permission on an external usb drive (local target folders work fine).
NB:
When I say "it works fine" I mean that, after receiving the message "permission denied" on cut&past as described, the original copy is just kept as expected.