115197 - no error dlg displayed when trying to save to dir w/no write privs [specifically 755]

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Core Graveyard :: File Handling, defect, P2)

Description

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

found using 2001.12.13.14 comm bits on linux.

1. go to http://www.mozilla.org/
2. bring up a context menu over any of the links and select Save Link As
3. attempt to save the file to a directory that doesn't have write privs.

result: download progress briefly appears then goes away. this kinda implies
that the file is saved. so, i check the target directory and noticed that the
file was not saved.

expected: as with having no read privs to a directory, an error dlg should
appear saying that it's unable to save due to lack of write privs.

could someone check if something similar to this also occurs on win32? i tried
this out on the winNT build [2001.12.13.16 comm] using a locked floppy disk
--and i did get an error saying that it was unable to write-- but i'm not sure
if it's the same kind of scenario.

also tried this out on Mac OS X [2001.12.13.04], and it looks like it does the
right thing: for 755, i can view the dir, but am prevented from actually saving
there. [and for 700, i cannot even view the dir contents, as expected.]

Comment 1

[Jeremy M. Dolan]

27609 expressly states it covers permission save issues.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 27609 ***

Comment 2

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

actually, i believe this is a regression --at least on linux it used to work
[would get error dlg] before ben's checkins, iirc... but i'll dbl-check this
later on when i get back to the office, just to be sure.

Comment 3

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

poked around my home machine and i think i found an old enough build
[2001.12.11.08] to compare with a recent one [2001.12.28.08].

i noticed that the behavior --at least on linux-- differs btwn dirs with 700 and
755 privs:

a. testing save to a 700 dir: in both the older and recent builds, i do get a
error dlg saying i don't have permission to access the dir, "You don't have
permissions necessary to view this directory."

b. testing save to a 755 dir:

  i. with the older build, i do get an error dialog [as expected], but its
phrasing differs: "There was an error writing to the target location."


  ii. with the recent build, i don't get an error dialog at all. the failure is
silent.

reopening bug, since this appears to be a regression based on my observation
(b-ii). also clarifying summary.

Comment 4

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

*** Bug 118605 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

This is fixed by the patch in bug 114399.

Comment 6

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

okay --adding dep to check this once 114399 is fixed.

Comment 7

[Christopher Aillon (sabbatical, not receiving bugmail)]

*** Bug 119408 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 8

[Ben Goodger (use ben at mozilla dot org for email)]

-> .9.9 given the patch in 114399

Comment 9

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

bug 114399 checked in.  This should be fixed, I think....  Please test
tomorrow's builds.

Comment 10

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

question: could bug 120307 be related to this...?

Comment 11

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

dang it, i confused this with bug 115154. sorry about that.

Comment 12

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

yeah, this looks fixed using 2002.01.23.08 comm bits on linux rh7.2. marking as
such --but do reopen if there are other snags!

Comment 13

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

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