[Bug 1080169] Re: Cannot select working directory other than own home in applications

[Markus Michels]

Just figured out that the stock kernel (3.5.0-19 in my case) shows
exactly the same (wrong) behavior.

Also could verify this bug using fslint. Selecting a directory to find
duplicates other than own home directory only yields another
/home/markus entry.

This bug renders many applications useless in daily practice. Please
address with respective attention.


Thanks a lot in advance,


Markus

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Title:
  Cannot select working directory other than own home in applications

Status in “ubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Linked this report to ubuntu in general, because I discovered this
  behavior in at least two applications in gnome:

  1.
  Open any libre office app. Go to options, paths, edit template paths.
  Click "add".
  Choose any path on system, in my case "/home-shared/config/templates/startup-templates" (which holds standards templates I sync across a number of machines)
  Click ok
  The path added to libre office reads "/home/markus" (my real home folder)

  2.
  Open arista transcoder
  clieck create conversion
  click on source
  Select "choose directory"
  Choose any directory on your system
  Selected directory become my /home/markus directory again.

  So it makes me believe that there is some thing wrong under the hood
  in gnome or anywhere else in linux since it affects at least two
  applications with the same symptoms.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: ubuntu-desktop 1.287
  Uname: Linux 3.6.6-030606-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Nov 17 21:20:01 2012
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-06-07 (163 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-16 (32 days ago)

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