Phillip Susi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [ Should root be able to access everything? ]
BUGabundu is right, this discussion probably belongs somewhere else. So let my just state my main point again: using --allow-root does not have any negative side effects and would prevent many applications from needing fixing. > I believe the gvfs uses the kernel keyring for authentication to > remote network resources and such, ergo simply being root can not > grant you access. gvfs does not need to be root in order for --allow-root to work. So this shouldn't be a problem. >> Changing the behavior to allowing root to stat() the directly (but not >> granting read- or execute permissions) would probably also fix most of >> the issues. > > Hrm.... it does seem like you should be able to stat the mount point > itself. How would this solve the problem though? find often > complains that it can't stat() temporary files that have been > unlinked between the readdir() call and the stat(). Any calling > script should not be upset by such errors. Yes, but here the situation is different: readdir() returns an entry that cannot be stat()ed. In the above case, we simply have a race condition between stat() and readdir(). But this does not belong here either, so I will try to get this change into FUSE. Best, -Nikolaus -- »It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.« -J.H. Hardy PGP fingerprint: 5B93 61F8 4EA2 E279 ABF6 02CF A9AD B7F8 AE4E 425C -- ~/.gvfs causes various errors https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/225361 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is the registrant for gvfs. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs