589722 - Unable to save (drag) page link from address bar to desktop as shortcut

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 568960

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

[Jeffrey Walton]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100723 Ubuntu/10.04 (lucid) Firefox/3.6.8
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100723 Ubuntu/10.04 (lucid) Firefox/3.6.8

Hi All,

I attempted to save a short cut to a company OWA server. The OWA server uses https and NT Authentication. When prompted for a username/password, I canceled since I only wanted to create a short cut.

The operation failed with the message, "The file ''exchange'' can not be handled because you do not have permission to read it." (Note: ''exchange'' comes from the url = https://owa.example.com/exchange).

It seems to me I should be able to drag a url short cut to my desktop, despite what the browser or window manager thinks.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Navigate to a protected web page
2. Do not authenticate
3. Attempt to drag the web page icon from the title bar to the desktop
Actual Results:  
Access denied

Expected Results:  
Create the shortcut

Comment 1

[Jeffrey Walton]

Attachment: Error message associated with the access denied after attempting to create the short cut

Comment 2

[Andreea Pod]

I believe this is similar to Bug 625063.

Comment 3

[Jeffrey Walton]

> I believe this is similar to Bug 625063.
Yes, they look the same. I added a comment on 625063 referencing 589722, but I forgot to give you credit. My bad.

Jeff