Sorry if I write an extensive explaination just now, but I was a bit busy lately. The behaviour of the webbrowser-app can be divided in three categories when trying to open a file (or a folder) from local memory. 1 - Unexistent file or folder: will return the "Network Error". 2 - Existing file or folder, but without permission in that directory. For example writing "/usr/" should access the /usr/ folder, but the webbrowser doesn't have enought permission to open it, the returning page is a blank one, without any intestation or anything else. 3 - Existing file or folder, with permission. The directories webbrowser can open are as far as i know /home/phablet/Downloads and /home/phablet/.config/webbrowser and maybe the respective .cache and .local direcrories. In these directories is possible to browse and open files as shown in the screenshot I am attaching. I hope it's an enought clear explaination.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to webbrowser-app in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1563214 Title: Can’t browse and view local HTML files in home folder Status in webbrowser-app package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: (initially reported on the ubuntu-phone mailing list: https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg19168.html) With the apparmor confinement, it is impossible for a phone user to browse and view local HTML files stored in their home folder. This security policy was initially put in place to avoid disclosing sensitive information stored on the filesystem. It would be good to find a middle-ground solution that allows browsing and viewing "legitimate" files in one’s home folder, while preserving a good security level. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webbrowser-app/+bug/1563214/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
