incorrect PARENT_DIR setting results in prompt for root access
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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nautilus-dropbox (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Recently, I received a prompt indicating that dropbox needed super user permissions. I found this strange as dropbox should only need access to folders and files owned by my user. A quick google search turned up the following:
The referenced fix:
diff --git a/dropbox b/dropbox
index e4f2bfc..c087b71 100755
--- a/dropbox
+++ b/dropbox
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ GPG_WARNING = u"Note: python-gpgme is not installed, we will n
DOWNLOADING = u"Downloading Dropbox... %d%%"
UNPACKING = u"Unpacking Dropbox... %d%%"
-PARENT_DIR = os.path.
+PARENT_DIR = os.path.
DROPBOXD_PATH = "%s/.dropbox-
DESKTOP_FILE = u"/usr/
does indeed appear to work.
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WORKAROUND:
Purge then reinstall nautilus-dropbox;
sudo apt-get purge nautilus-dropbox && sudo apt-get install nautilus-dropbox
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: nautilus-dropbox 1.4.0-3ubuntu0.
Uname: Linux 3.13.5-ar-dc0ead5 x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Mar 5 14:39:54 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2009-12-21 (1535 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: nautilus-dropbox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-11-04 (121 days ago)
tags: | added: trusty |
tags: | added: precise |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
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