[ubuntu-za] Snaps can't access files outside Home

[Jacques Strydom]

This is a general problem with snap packages. Snap software is confined to
certain folders and the the only way to directly access other folders that
I know of are to mount the external folder to a folder in you home folder.
ex:

mkdir $HOME/"folder to mount to" sudo mount -obind /"path to external
folder" $HOME/"folder to mount to"

On Thu, 26 Jul 2018 at 13:35 Frank Sokolic <sokolic at worldonline.co.za>
wrote:

> Hi Wesley,
>
> Thanks for the response but the problem isn't due to errors on the USB
> drive. I can't access ANY files or directories outside my home directory
> with snap packages.
>
> If I go to Ubuntu Software and type in Inkscape (or GIMP or Chromium) and
> highlight the installed package there is a Permissions button but there is
> no option to access files and directories outside the home folder.
>
>
> Frank.
>
>
> On 26/07/2018 09:29, Wesley Werner wrote:
>
> Frank
>
> If there are errors on the usb drive it could be remounted as read-only,
> check if your usb drive needs repair:
>
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/953032/cannot-write-and-delete-files-on-usb-drive
>
> --
> Regards
> Wesley Werner
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 1:06 PM Frank Sokolic <sokolic at worldonline.co.za>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've got Chromium, Inkscape and GIMP installed as snaps on Ubuntu 18.04
>> but when using these snaps I can't access any files or directories
>> outside my home directory. This is frustrating as it means, for example,
>> that I can't read and write files on a flash drive when using GIMP or
>> Inkscape. Does anyone know how to set the permissions to get around this?
>>
>> Thanks, Frank.
>>
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