Files running as root cannot mount non-mounted drives.
Bug #1188886 reported by
Linus Bobcat
This bug affects 2 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Files |
Confirmed
|
Low
|
elementary UX | ||
Bug Description
I have an unmounted HFS +(Mac) partition unmounted. This partition can be mounted by clicking it on the sidebar running as a regular (admin) user. When I run Files as root by right clicking on the icon in Plank, it only shows the mounted partitions. The workabout is opening Files running as a regular user and then clicking the partition that I want to mount.
| Changed in pantheon-files: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
Revision history for this message
| Jeremy Wootten (jeremywootten) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in pantheon-files: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| assignee: | nobody → elementary UX Team (elementary-design) |
Revision history for this message
| Jeremy Wootten (jeremywootten) wrote | #2 |
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| Linus Bobcat (biobunny-exe) wrote | #3 |
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This seems to be common behaviour in some other file manager (PCManFM, THunar, Nautilus). It is considered undesirable for root to use a graphical file manager to mount partitions (or for anything at all) for security reasons.