[Bug 1613775] Re: cannot access /mnt/storage even through symlinks from $HOME

[Bill Filler]

** Tags added: snap-desktop-issue

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

** No longer affects: snappy (Ubuntu)

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

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Title:
  cannot access /mnt/storage even through symlinks from $HOME

Status in Snappy:
  Triaged
Status in snapd package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  For example, user wants to install VLC and use it as a video player:

  sudo snap install vlc

  This will install VLC and make it possible to run. The VLC application
  runs smoothly and can open files in a user's home directory.

  But, if user have a symlinks in his home directory, this symlinks
  doesn't work. For example, if the user have a symlink like
  /home/user/video->/mnt/storage/video, VLC cannot open files from
  /home/user/video, it's not even show this symlink.

  I assume, that such restrictions were introduced to ensure security,
  but can they be lifted a little? There is no other way to access user
  files from snap outside snap directory, and this can make a lot of
  end-user soft useless.

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