[Bug 2033381] [NEW] For AD users snapped browsers save downloads to dir under ~/snap instead of ~/Downloads by default

[Dariusz Gadomski]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 2025447 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2025447

Public bug reported:

Test procedure:
1. Log in to Gnome as a Active Directory user.
2. Launch browser (firefox or chrome) - make sure there's no existing config (we are interested in the default Downloads location).
3. Download a file via the browser.
4. Check where it was downloaded.

Expected result:
The files are downloaded to ~/Downloads (or a translated equivalent).

Actual result:
The files are downloaded to:
~/snap/firefox/common/Downloads
~/snap/chromium/current/Downloads

For local users the behavior is as expected (all files are downloaded to
~/Downloads).

This is very inconvenient for enterprise environments where manual
setting modification is needed on every host.

This has been tested on 22.04 with the following versions:
- firefox (116.0.3 Mozilla Firefox Snap for Ubuntu canonical-002 - 1.0)
- chromium (Version 116.0.5845.110 (Official Build) snap (64-bit))
- snapd 2.58+22.04.1

[1] https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/service-sssd-ad

** Affects: chromium (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Summary changed:

- For AD users snapped browser save downloads to dir under ~/snap instead of ~/Downloads by default
+ For AD users snapped browsers save downloads to dir under ~/snap instead of ~/Downloads by default

** Also affects: chromium (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Description changed:

  Test procedure:
  1. Log in to Gnome as a Active Directory user.
  2. Launch browser (firefox or chrome) - make sure there's no existing config (we are interested in the default Downloads location).
  3. Download a file via the browser.
  4. Check where it was downloaded.
  
  Expected result:
  The files are downloaded to ~/Downloads (or a translated equivalent).
  
  Actual result:
  The files are downloaded to:
  ~/snap/firefox/common/Downloads
  ~/snap/chromium/current/Downloads
  
  For local users the behavior is as expected (all files are downloaded to
  ~/Downloads).
  
+ This is very inconvenient for enterprise environments where manual
+ setting modification is needed on every host.
+ 
  This has been tested on 22.04 with the following versions:
  - firefox (116.0.3 Mozilla Firefox Snap for Ubuntu canonical-002 - 1.0)
  - chromium (Version 116.0.5845.110 (Official Build) snap (64-bit))
  - snapd 2.58+22.04.1
  
  [1] https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/service-sssd-ad

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 2025447
   Incorrect Downloads directory for LDAP user in snapped firefox & chromium

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  For AD users snapped browsers save downloads to dir under ~/snap
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