File access field is not properly updated in folder properties (Nautilus)

[florin]

Distribution: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

Input: Start Nautilus and right click a folder; select "Properties" -> "Permissions" tab and change "File access" for a group of users (e.g. setting read only access for "Others"). Click on "Apply permissions to enclosed files"

Expected: permissions up-to-date and "file access" control in dialog updated with the new status

Deviation: permissions are set but the control in not properly updated (e.g. showing "read-only" for others). It still shows "---"

Papercut: user is not able to tell from "Properties" form whether the system has indeed changed the permissions; it is also not possible to view later which permissions were assigned to files in that folder and subfolders

Open point: what about the situation when mixed permissions are available in the folder? For example I have a top folder with 5 subfolders, 3 of them with files "read-only" for "Others" and the rest with no access of any kind for "Others". The "file access" control should show that I have mixed permissions (it still shows "---")

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

i think this might turn out to be a bug not a papercut

[florin (florin-valcu)]

I was thinking the same thing, however I do not know the design for that
specific topic, so I couldn't decide that it behaves in that way by design
or because of a problem; permissions are set correctly, so I went for the
papercut :)

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 1:46 PM, om26er <email address hidden> wrote:

> i think this might turn out to be a bug not a papercut
>
> --
> File access field is not properly updated in folder properties (Nautilus)
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/503316
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> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: New
> Status in Nautilus: New
>
> Bug description:
> Distribution: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
>
> Input: Start Nautilus and right click a folder; select "Properties" ->
> "Permissions" tab and change "File access" for a group of users (e.g.
> setting read only access for "Others"). Click on "Apply permissions to
> enclosed files"
>
> Expected: permissions up-to-date and "file access" control in dialog
> updated with the new status
>
> Deviation: permissions are set but the control in not properly updated
> (e.g. showing "read-only" for others). It still shows "---"
>
> Papercut: user is not able to tell from "Properties" form whether the
> system has indeed changed the permissions; it is also not possible to view
> later which permissions were assigned to files in that folder and subfolders
>
> Open point: what about the situation when mixed permissions are available
> in the folder? For example I have a top folder with 5 subfolders, 3 of them
> with files "read-only" for "Others" and the rest with no access of any kind
> for "Others". The "file access" control should show that I have mixed
> permissions (it still shows "---")
>
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Florin