Re: advanced nautilus usage

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 10:38, John Smith wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 05:25, Frank Worsley wrote:
> > AFAIK, launchers from remote locations are not started since it's a
> > possible security issue.
> > 
> > - Frank
> > 
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > >         I  run 'nautilus ssh://uid remotehost:/opt/scripts', which
> > > works fine. This folder contains launchers (app.desktop), which
> > > intend to start all kind of applications. It doesn't work :-(
> > > Why? Am I missing something obvious? I run nautilus 2.2.4 on
> > > Debian Woody + testing (Gnome 2.2).
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > >
> > > Jan.
> > >
> > > --
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> > > nautilus-list gnome org
> > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list
> > >
> > 
> Sorry Frank,
> 
> 	I don't think that's valid: I'm using ssh. BTW, if I start
> 'ssh remotehost nautilus' go to 'applications:///Accessories' and
> click Calculator, it works as expected. So why do regular (ie. menu
> placed apps) work as expected and manually created launchers don't?

This is what the code does:

/* Don't allow command execution from remote locations where the
 * uri scheme isn't file:// (This is because files on for example
 * nfs are treated as remote) to partially mitigate the security
 * risk of executing arbitrary commands.
 */
if (!eel_vfs_has_capability (desktop_file_uri,
			     EEL_VFS_CAPABILITY_SAFE_TO_EXECUTE)) {
	eel_show_error_dialog
		(_("Sorry, but you can't execute commands from "
		   "a remote site due to security considerations."), 
		 _("Can't execute remote links"),
		 parent_window);
		 
	return;
}

this is to avoid e.g. clicking on a desktop file that has the same icon
as a folder on a public ftp site and having the desktop file run "rm -rf
~/".

> 	Second time I run into a nautilus/remote issue. I once asked
> here something about copying between local and remote nautilus 
> windows, which isn't possible either. In my opinion nautilus/gnome
> is the next best thing after sliced bread, but in order to compete
> with Windows Explorer, these are trivial things that should work out
> of the box, given the advantages that *nix has over Windows: remote
> execution/local display of applications.
> 
> 	Wish- or buglist?

Not being able to copy between local and remote window is certainly a
bug.

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