FS#10919 - GVFS uses local passwd/group instead of distant

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by kezar (kezar) - Tuesday, 15 July 2008, 10:36 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Tuesday, 15 July 2008, 10:50 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture i686
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version 2007.08-2
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
When mounting distant resources permissions are set using local /etc/passwd & /etc/group.

Additional info:
* gvfs 0.2.5-1
* nautilus 2.22.4-1


Steps to reproduce:
Start nautilus, mount a distant location with different passwd/group than yours (tested using ssh/sftp), check permissions of a file.
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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Tuesday, 15 July 2008, 10:50 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Tuesday, 15 July 2008, 10:50 GMT
This is quite normal. Remote files are owned by the account you're running the gvfs daemon with, so you can access those files. When creating or changing files, the remote user that you used to login is used.

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