$HOME/.gvfs cannot be deleted after user is deleted
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gvfs (Ubuntu) |
New
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Low
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs |
Bug Description
In Ubuntu Hardy Heron, if a new user is created using the System-
This folder cannot be accessed by any other user, including the root user. This means the new user's folder cannot be deleted once the user is deleted:
Listing folder as root user (for my normal user) outputs as below:
adpsimpson@
ls: cannot access .gvfs: Permission denied
?????????? ? ? ? ? ? .gvfs
Listing for 'mount' given below:
adpsimpson@
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/adpsimpso
Even after the user is deleted, the entry in 'mount' remains. This makes it hard to completely delete a user from a system.
Although there are other bugs relating to gvfs in launchpad, none seem to cover the inability to delete this folder when deleting a user from the system.
I should have said this is only in Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04) - I haven't seen it in any previous version of Ubuntu.