Public bug reported:
[Reported via ubuntu-bug, I'm assuming it has gathered all relevant
system info. More, especially on the Samba server, if required, is
available on request.]
What I'm trying to do:
Save a file whose name contains a '#' character to a Samba share accessed via a
GVFS smb:// path.
Ex. 1: Open a blank Writer (ODT) document, save that under the name "Test
#1.odt" on a Samba share mounted via Nautilus.
Ex. 2: Open a pre-existing file "Test #2.odt", either via Nautilus or
File-Open, make some changes, save it & quit.
What I'm expecting to happen:
The file shows up under the assigned name on both the client and the Samba
server (in case of a new file); or the existing file now contains the changes
made (in case of an existing file being modified).
Ex. 1: I'd expect to see "Test #1.odt" in the relevant directory.
Ex. 2: I'd expect "Test #2.odt" to contain my changes.
What happens instead:
Ex. 1: LibreOffice actually saves the data in a file named "TFNZPF~F" as seen
from the client, "Test " [note the space at the end] on the server.
Ex. 2: The original file remains untouched, but a new file "TFNZPF~F" (client),
or "Test " (server) is created with the saved data.
Effectively, the save operation does not succeed -- without any error message.
Analysis:
This is based on experiments with more complex filenames. Somehow, when
LibreOffice saves a file in this constellation, the filename gets truncated at
the first '#', inclusive, first, suffix and all. (This in turn leaves a
filename ending in a space, which isn't legal under Windows, so Samba's name
mangling kicks in.)
The problem does not occur with local files or on a sshfs-mount. Gedit has no
problem even on smb://.
It's unclear whether '#' is the only character affected.
Some kind of URL handling/escaping bug in LibreOffice's GIO support?
In any case, this cost me a day of work. (By the time I realised my
changes hadn't actually been lost but landed in a new, cryptically-named
file, I'd already recreated it to meet the deadline.)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: libreoffice-gnome 1:6.0.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-29.31~18.04.1-generic 5.0.21
Uname: Linux 5.0.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Oct 4 17:12:21 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-09-23 (10 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190805)
SourcePackage: libreoffice
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: libreoffice (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic third-party-packages
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Saving files with a '#' in the name silently(!) fails on GVFS smb://
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