[ubuntu-za] Snaps can't access files outside Home

[Frank Sokolic]

Hi Wesley,

Thanks for the suggestion.

In April I did a clean install of 18.04 and when I installed Chromium, 
GIMP and Inkscape from Ubuntu Software I wasn't aware that I was 
installing them as snaps. I see now that all three of these packages 
appear twice in Ubuntu Software, the first time with the source as Snap 
Store and the second as ubuntu-bionic-universe. In all three cases the 
Snap Store version is listed first. I wonder if that is done on purpose?

Maybe the easiest solution is to delete the Snap versions and reinstall 
from ubuntu-bionic-universe.

Regards, Frank.

On 26/07/2018 13:45, Jacques Strydom wrote:
> This is a general problem with snap packages. Snap software is 
> confined to certain folders and the the only way to directly access 
> other folders that I know of are to mount the external folder to a 
> folder in you home folder. ex:
>
> mkdir $HOME/"folder to mount to" sudo mount -obind /"path to external 
> folder" $HOME/"folder to mount to"
>
> On Thu, 26 Jul 2018 at 13:35 Frank Sokolic <sokolic at worldonline.co.za 
> <mailto:sokolic at worldonline.co.za>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Wesley,
>
>     Thanks for the response but the problem isn't due to errors on the
>     USB drive. I can't access ANY files or directories outside my home
>     directory with snap packages.
>
>     If I go to Ubuntu Software and type in Inkscape (or GIMP or
>     Chromium) and highlight the installed package there is a
>     Permissions button but there is no option to access files and
>     directories outside the home folder.
>
>
>     Frank.
>
>
>     On 26/07/2018 09:29, Wesley Werner wrote:
>>     Frank
>>
>>     If there are errors on the usb drive it could be remounted as
>>     read-only, check if your usb drive needs repair:
>>     https://askubuntu.com/questions/953032/cannot-write-and-delete-files-on-usb-drive
>>
>>     --
>>     Regards
>>     Wesley Werner
>>
>>
>>     On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 1:06 PM Frank Sokolic
>>     <sokolic at worldonline.co.za <mailto:sokolic at worldonline.co.za>> wrote:
>>
>>         Hi,
>>
>>         I've got Chromium, Inkscape and GIMP installed as snaps on
>>         Ubuntu 18.04
>>         but when using these snaps I can't access any files or
>>         directories
>>         outside my home directory. This is frustrating as it means,
>>         for example,
>>         that I can't read and write files on a flash drive when using
>>         GIMP or
>>         Inkscape. Does anyone know how to set the permissions to get
>>         around this?
>>
>>         Thanks, Frank.
>>
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