Bug 377410

Summary:	Option "Open archives as folder" mounts read-only
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Connor <cnnr_dhrty>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	elvis.angelaccio, kdedev
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	15.04.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Connor 2017-03-09 04:27:49 UTC

I was searching for a way to get the convenient archive mounting found in nautilus, and wound up making an annoying script with the package "archivemount" which did the trick. Little did I know, Dolphin has this option in Preferences > Navigation > "Open archives as folder". Great! (Should be default IMHO)

Anyway, the automount seems to be read-only for some reason. There is no technical reason it needs to be read-only - mounting archives as a writable filesystem works just fine with archivemount - so this decision is rather arbitrary, which is why I've classed it a bug rather than feature request.

I can think of some plausible social and psychological reasons why mounting read-only might be a good default, but that doesn't mean full access shouldn't be possible even as an option.

Comment 1 Elvis Angelaccio 2017-03-09 10:40:50 UTC

Hi, Dolphin uses kio slaves to access archives, and they don't currently provide read-write support (see for example https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77127).

That said, integration with archivemount is something that could be considered.

Comment 2 TraceyC 2025-01-30 17:33:01 UTC

The current default in Dolphin is to open archives with Ark, which allows read/write access
With "Open archives as folder", I can confirm it still opens the folder as read-only in Dolphin 24.12.1

I'll let the current Dolphin maintainers evaluate this.