Bug 154206

Summary:	When trying to open a directory with insufficient permissions, do not change the URL and show an empty view
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Shriramana Sharma <samjnaa>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	REOPENED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	adrian, matteo.dubuisson
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	2.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Chakra
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Shriramana Sharma 2007-12-17 02:37:03 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.97.0)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

1. mkdir /tmp/foo
2. chmod -x /tmp/foo
3. Open Konqueror.
4. Go to some directory that you can read, if you want.
5. Try accessing /tmp/foo

Expected behaviour:

Konqueror must throw me an error without changing the current display if the new location (/tmp/foo) is not accessible.

Actual behaviour:

Konqueror clears the current tab first, then apparently it checks for the permission and throws me an error. This makes me lose my current directory view meaninglessly.

KDE 4 applicability:

Yes. Checked in KDE 4 RC 2 Kubuntu Live CD via VirtualBox.

Comment 1 Shriramana Sharma 2009-04-12 20:33:55 UTC

Still there in KDE 4.2.2 on Kubuntu Jaunty. Please confirm this bug.

Comment 2 Dawit Alemayehu 2012-01-03 16:34:27 UTC

This too is now an issue in the Dolphin KPart used by Konqueror for file management.

Comment 3 Adrián Chaves (Gallaecio) 2012-10-07 17:34:04 UTC

It works in Dolphin 2.1: http://image.bayimg.com/dadhnaael.jpg

Comment 4 Adrián Chaves (Gallaecio) 2012-10-07 17:36:41 UTC

Well, now that I think of it, I can confirm the “without changing the current display” is still not happening. However, I think that could be considered a feature request (wishlist).

Comment 5 Frank Reininghaus 2012-11-06 17:40:31 UTC

I agree that it's actually a wish. IMHO, the current behaviour is not buggy: You tell Dolphin/Konqueror to open an URL, it tries to do it and shows all files that can be shown to you (i.e., none).

I see that it might appear reasonable to change the behaviour, but this is far from trivial. Dolphin does not check the permissions at all - it asks KDirLister to open the directory, which is done asynchronously, so there is little we can do to stop the URL change when KDirLister signals that opening the directory is not possible.

Comment 6 Justin Zobel 2021-03-09 02:18:26 UTC

Thank you for the bug report.

As this report hasn't seen any changes in 5 years or more, we ask if you can please confirm that the issue still persists.

If this bug is no longer persisting or relevant please change the status to resolved.