[SailfishDevel] Files have insufficient permissions when using Android applications
This may not technically be a Sailfish OS issue as it is an issue with the Alien Dalvik software layer Jolla uses to provide Android compatibility, but I figured it was worth reporting it anyway. I've noticed that when I download files using Firefox, or try to open, copy or in overall handle files using ES File Manager or other Android applications like game emulators, the actions often fail. However, after I changed the file and directory permissions to 777 using chmod, the files could be read, copied and moved around without any problems. Since I have to apply the file permissions every time I download a new file, it isn't a really good solution to the problem. All the files and directories in question are located in /data/sdcard (which isn't the SD card, but appears to be a sandboxed area of the internal storage used for Android apps). Since this issue makes a lot of Android applications like ZIP managers and media players unusable, I don't think the Android sandbox is supposed to be *this* restricted. ___ SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list
Re: [SailfishDevel] Files have insufficient permissions when using Android applications
Janne Pulkkinen jannep...@gmail.com writes: I've noticed that when I download files using Firefox, or try to open, copy or in overall handle files using ES File Manager or other Android applications like game emulators, the actions often fail. However, after I changed the file and directory permissions to 777 using chmod, the files could be read, copied and moved around without any problems. Since I have to apply the file permissions every time I download a new file, it isn't a really good solution to the problem. All the files and directories in question are located in /data/sdcard (which isn't the SD card, but appears to be a sandboxed area of the internal storage used for Android apps). Yes, that for /data/sdcard that sounds like a problem on our side, I just created a bug for investigation. For the home-directory and directiories underneath that restrictions for the Android layer are intentionally restricted, to /data/sdcard there should not be any such restrictions, though. Bernd ___ SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list
Re: [SailfishDevel] Files have insufficient permissions when using Android applications
Janne Pulkkinen jannep...@gmail.com writes: I've noticed that when I download files using Firefox, or try to open, copy or in overall handle files using ES File Manager or other Android applications like game emulators, the actions often fail. However, after I changed the file and directory permissions to 777 using chmod, the files could be read, copied and moved around without any problems. Since I have to apply the file permissions every time I download a new file, it isn't a really good solution to the problem. All the files and directories in question are located in /data/sdcard (which isn't the SD card, but appears to be a sandboxed area of the internal storage used for Android apps). Yes, that for /data/sdcard that sounds like a problem on our side, I just created a bug for investigation. For the home-directory and directiories underneath that restrictions for the Android layer are intentionally restricted, to /data/sdcard there should not be any such restrictions, though. this looks like either a umask issue, or perhaps this should be fixed by polkit instead? otoh, /data/sdcard could be vfat, and thus not have any kind of permissions, which means that android stuff (which is likely not running as root), would not have access... perhaps mounting needs to be done as a user and polkit or other acls to actually give access? ___ SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list
