Add an option to not expose the Filesystem directly

Bug #575835 reported by Michael Terry
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Nautilus
Expired
Wishlist
nautilus (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: nautilus

This is a tracking bug for upstream https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122381. I assume Ubuntu isn't too interested in adding this feature before upstream does.

From upstream bug description:
"It'd be nice to have an option to disable browsing the root filesystem in the tree, so that only $HOME can be browsed. Browsing outside $HOME is useless for me and probably confusing for non-experienced users who will get all sorts of write errors when trying to write to /usr/lib or will be confused when browsing /dev."

I've attached an initial patch to the upstream bug and also will attach it here for completeness.

Revision history for this message
Michael Terry (mterry) wrote :
Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Triaged
Changed in nautilus:
status: Unknown → Confirmed
David Futcher (bobbo)
tags: added: patch-forwarded-upstream
Changed in nautilus:
importance: Unknown → Wishlist
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

The patch needs to be updating for GNOME3 and gsettings, do you think you could do that?

Changed in nautilus:
status: Confirmed → Expired
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the issue should be fixed in 3.5.4

Changed in nautilus (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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