This problem persists with recent versions of Ubuntu and Evince when
editing files on CIFS/SMB shares, even after disabling AppArmor.
The reason for this is that Evince attempts to move the temporary file over the
original PDF while it still has the latter file open, and overwriting open
files i
For me, the fix in comment #2 worked only after I restarted apparmor:
sudo /etc/init.d/apparmor restart
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Title:
Permission err
Just opened a bug in upstream gnome:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=792191
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #792191
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=792191
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Just test it with Ubuntu 17.10 (Evince 3.26.0) and problem persist!
It is impossible to SAVE (overwrite) the opened pdf file when this file
is in a CIFS mount point (fstab). It appear a permission error.. and
much more bad, the file is totally erased!!
Please correct this problem.. and for the up
Actually I think I found the file in question.
/etc/appamor.d/usr.bin.evince.
I changed the line as in #2, but the problem still remains for me.
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This is the same problem I'm having in Xubuntu 16.04.
@Alex D. I cannot find the file you mention anywhere, to edit it.
Could you give me a heads up as to where to look.
Thanks.
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So in my case it doesn't work with this workaround because i use a CIFS
mount directly in fstab. :(
Someone can propose another workaround that work with cifs file mounted
in fstab??
Thanks!
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Same problem here, all our files are on a NAS (cifs share). Ubuntu 16.04
/ Evince 3.18.2
When we want to "edit" a pdf file with evince (create annotation in my
case) and overwrite the file.. is not possible, i got the same error
"Error renaming temporary file: Permission denied". So we still work
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: evince (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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** Description changed:
On Ubuntu 15.10, using evince 3.16.1-0ubuntu1, I fill out a PDF form.
When I save the form, I get the message "Error renaming temporary file:
Permission denied", and the file is not saved. I don't have permissions
trouble in any other apps.
- The problem happens
I found the cause of the bug and would like to propose a fix. The
AppArmor profile for Evince contains a specific clause to handle saving
files that looks like this:
# evince creates a temporary stream file like '.goutputstream-XX' in the
# directory a file is saved. This allows that behav
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