Bug 434463

Summary:	Vaults hides vaults on NTFS partition
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	David <kitt997>
Component:	Vaults widget	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	major	CC:	ivan.cukic, nate
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version:	6.0.0
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description David 2021-03-15 22:38:00 UTC

SUMMARY
Plasma Vaults hides vaults which are stored on an additional NTFS partition. Actually, I don't think it has to do with NTFS but rather the fact of being stored on a non-system partition, which is mounted after login.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Create a vault on a non system partition (NTFS)
2. Reboot
3. Open plasma Vaults applet

OBSERVED RESULT
Vault is no longer listed. In the RC file, it's listed under the Devices section with "=false" appended.

EXPECTED RESULT
Vault should somehow be recoverable from the UI or even still functional (better). Sure enough, it should be listed.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: fc33
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.79
Qt Version: 5.15.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
If i restore "=true" after the problematic vault in the RC file, then logout and re-login, the vault works normally and I can access it.

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2021-03-18 19:24:11 UTC

Looks like the availability of the vault's source location needs to be re-checked after devices change--or perhaps even every time the applet is opened, if that wouldn't impose too much of a performance hit.

Comment 2 David 2021-03-18 20:39:55 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> Looks like the availability of the vault's source location needs to be
> re-checked after devices change--or perhaps even every time the applet is
> opened, if that wouldn't impose too much of a performance hit.

Yes, that would be great. If performance indeed becomes a problem, as a user I'd be happy enough to simply have an entry for my disabled vault, click on it and find a nice button to manually rearm it.
Even something in the applet's settings would do.

Comment 3 Ivan Čukić 2021-03-19 08:10:06 UTC

The reason for this behaviour was 'disable on first error' to avoid tampering.

But I agree this refresh would be quite useful (I don't expect performance issues) and not that problematic security-wise.

Comment 4 David 2021-03-19 19:17:57 UTC

> But I agree this refresh would be quite useful (I don't expect performance
> issues) and not that problematic security-wise.

good news, thanks.