Bug 377410 - Option "Open archives as folder" mounts read-only
Summary: Option "Open archives as folder" mounts read-only
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: dolphin
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 15.04.3
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR wishlist
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Assignee: Dolphin Bug Assignee
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Reported: 2017-03-09 04:27 UTC by Connor
Modified: 2025-01-30 17:33 UTC (History)
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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.