[Bug 1977782] Re: Unable to open any file:/// URL

[Chris Guiver]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better. Unfortunately, we cannot work on this bug because your
description didn't include enough information.

I just tried 
1) guiverc at d960-ubu2:~$   firefox ~/d960_stats.txt
2) guiverc at d960-ubu2:~$   firefox /mnt/de2900/lan/guiverc/lshw_d755.txt
and firefox opened both times & showed me that file.

Firefox as a snap package runs confined, thus cannot read the whole
file-system, so your issue maybe trying to read files on your file-
system outside of where it has access (ie. user error), however you
provided no specifics.  Please be specific with examples of file
locations, or commands where it failed to operate.

I've marked this bug as 'incomplete' as no specific examples were
provided, and the firefox snap can open open files in $HOME, /mnt,
/media.. but is limited to certain directories only for security
purposes (confinement)

Bug reporting is mostly about finding & fixing problems thus preventing
future users from hitting the same bug.

I suspect a Support site would be more appropriate, eg.
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu. You can also find help with your
problem in the support forum of your local Ubuntu community
http://loco.ubuntu.com/ or asking at https://askubuntu.com or
https://ubuntuforums.org, or for more support options please look at
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/community-support/709

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