Bug 224145

Summary: Unable to mount NFS share from desktop shortcut
Product: [Unmaintained] kdelibs Reporter: FACORAT Fabrice <fabrice.facorat>
Component: generalAssignee: kdelibs bugs <kdelibs-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: normal CC: christian_haegele, kde
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Mandriva RPMs   
OS: Linux   
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Description FACORAT Fabrice 2010-01-25 11:17:42 UTC
Version:            (using KDE 4.3.2)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Mandriva RPMs

Description of problem:
I try to add a shortcut on the desktop to mount a NFS share ( Right click ->
create a new -> link to a device -> NFS ).
It correctly detect my NFS mount point in fstab, and I can select it.
Unfortunately, once done, I can't mount it. The error message is : only root
user can do this.

This is false as my fstab entry have the user option, and I can mount it as
normal user with mount 

Steps to Reproduce:
1. create an NFS share entry in /etc/fstab : serveur:/share /mnt/share nfs
noatime,tcp,vers=3,user,noauto 0 0
2. create an NFS shortcut on the desktop : right click -> create a new ->
device link -> NFS
3. try to mount the share : it will fail
4. mount the share from CLI as normal user : mount /mnt/share
5. this will succeed
Comment 1 FACORAT Fabrice 2010-01-25 11:18:13 UTC
https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=57114

Original Mandriva bug report link
Comment 2 Christian Hägele 2010-02-20 11:40:00 UTC
I can confirm the same issue. The bugs exists since KDE 4.0 and it used to work in KDE 3.5.

There is also a interesting workaround without touching a shell or a script:

You can create another link to a device where you address the local mount point(e.g. /mnt/music instead of server:/share). When clicking on that link the device will get mounted silently without error, but you can't view the mounted folder via this link. You have to click on the regular device link. So you have to have one link for just mounting and one link for just viewing, which is prettey odd.

Unmounting via the regular device-link is possible, though.
Comment 3 Nicolas L. 2010-05-25 10:15:07 UTC
seems still valid as Fabrice told on mdv bugzilla
Comment 4 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-02 22:56:58 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? I am setting the status to NEEDSINFO pending your response, please change the Status back to REPORTED when you respond.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 5 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-16 05:31:53 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This is a reminder that this bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version?

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 6 Justin Zobel 2022-12-12 01:55:59 UTC
Thank you for reporting this issue in KDE software. As it has been a while since this issue was reported, can we please ask you to see if you can reproduce the issue with a recent software version?

If you can reproduce the issue, please change the status to "REPORTED" when replying. Thank you!
Comment 7 Bug Janitor Service 2022-12-27 05:21:14 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
15 days. Please provide the requested information as soon as
possible and set the bug status as REPORTED. Due to regular bug
tracker maintenance, if the bug is still in NEEDSINFO status with
no change in 30 days the bug will be closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

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If you have already provided the requested information, please
mark the bug as REPORTED so that the KDE team knows that the bug is
ready to be confirmed.

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Comment 8 Bug Janitor Service 2023-01-11 05:19:10 UTC
This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
due to lack of needed information.

For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the
wiki located here:
https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!