<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <style type="text/css" style="display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} </style> </head> <body dir="ltr"> <div> <div id="appendonsend" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Hi all,</div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> that would be sad news <span id="🙁">🙁</span> I remember a while ago when I asked in this mailing list about usb drive access, a few developers including Alex suggested the device portal, that's why I looked into that, but now it seems like --device=all is the ONLY option?</div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> So really my approach of using file chooser to grant permission to the right file e.g. /dev/bus/usb/001/010 would not go anywhere? like even after if i can somehow solve the root owner issue?</div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> I'm really hoping to have a better solution than using --device=all. <span id="🙁"> 🙁</span><br> </div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Regards,</div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Winnie<br> </div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <hr tabindex="-1" style="display:inline-block; width:98%"> <div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Patrik Nilsson <asavartzeth@gmail.com><br> <b>Sent:</b> November 25, 2019 11:31 PM<br> <b>To:</b> Winnie Poon <winniepoon_home@hotmail.com><br> <b>Cc:</b> Ryan <rymg19@gmail.com>; Jan Grulich <jgrulich@redhat.com>; Flatpak List <flatpak@lists.freedesktop.org>; Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com>; Jorge García <jgarciao@gmail.com><br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: flatpak portal example on github</font> <div> </div> </div> <div> <div id="x_geary-body" dir="auto"> <div>Hi</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Perhaps it would be relevant to mention this issue?: <a href="https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/issues/228">https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/issues/228</a></div> <div><br> </div> <div>Surely the issue is that there currently is no portal for block device access, which is why people recommend --device=all as a workaround.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Best</div> <div>Patrik</div> </div> <div id="x_geary-quote" dir="auto"><br> tis, 26 nov 2019 klockan 06:31 skrev Winnie Poon <winniepoon_home@hotmail.com>:<br> <blockquote type="cite"> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> My attempt of using the portal is to avoid using the blanket type access --device=all.</div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> From my previous inquiries here, i was told that using the portal would be an alternative way to avoid opening up all device access. <br> </div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> It looks like i just need to use GTK file chooser to open up access to a particular path in /dev/bus/usb/.... the fact that the file's owned by root may make it a bit tricky, but i'm sure i should still be able to access it in the sandbox?</div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Much appreciated any suggestions you may have.</div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Thanks,</div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Winnie</div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <div> <div id="x_appendonsend"></div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <hr tabindex="-1" style="display:inline-block; width:98%"> <div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Ryan <rymg19@gmail.com><br> <b>Sent:</b> November 25, 2019 6:17 PM<br> <b>To:</b> Winnie Poon <winniepoon_home@hotmail.com><br> <b>Cc:</b> Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com>; Jan Grulich <jgrulich@redhat.com>; Flatpak List <flatpak@lists.freedesktop.org>; Jorge García <jgarciao@gmail.com><br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: flatpak portal example on github</font> <div> </div> </div> <div> <div dir="auto">If you're accessing USB devices you might be better off with the --device=all permission.</div> <br> <div class="x_x_gmail_quote"> <div dir="ltr" class="x_x_gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 25, 2019, 7:56 PM Winnie Poon <<a href="mailto:winniepoon_home@hotmail.com">winniepoon_home@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote class="x_x_gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:1px #ccc solid; padding-left:1ex"> <div dir="ltr"> <div> <div id="x_x_m_923990383258522941appendonsend" style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Hi,</div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> i'm trying to use the GTK file chooser approach to access the usb mass storage (/dev/bus/usb/...), the filechooser can see the path and file, but it sees the file size as zero, probably because it's owned by root?</div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> how do i use the portal to access a file like this?</div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Thanks,</div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Winnie<br> </div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <hr style="display:inline-block; width:98%"> <div id="x_x_m_923990383258522941divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Winnie Poon <<a href="mailto:winniepoon_home@hotmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">winniepoon_home@hotmail.com</a>><br> <b>Sent:</b> November 22, 2019 5:36 PM<br> <b>To:</b> Matthias Clasen <<a href="mailto:mclasen@redhat.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">mclasen@redhat.com</a>><br> <b>Cc:</b> Jan Grulich <<a href="mailto:jgrulich@redhat.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jgrulich@redhat.com</a>>; Flatpak List <<a href="mailto:flatpak@lists.freedesktop.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">flatpak@lists.freedesktop.org</a>>; Jorge García <<a href="mailto:jgarciao@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jgarciao@gmail.com</a>><br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: flatpak portal example on github</font> <div> </div> </div> <div dir="ltr"> <div> <div id="x_x_m_923990383258522941x_appendonsend" style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Just to clarify, i'm referring to USB mass storage here.</div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Thanks again.<br> </div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <hr style="display:inline-block; width:98%"> <div id="x_x_m_923990383258522941x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Winnie Poon <<a href="mailto:winniepoon_home@hotmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">winniepoon_home@hotmail.com</a>><br> <b>Sent:</b> November 22, 2019 2:39 PM<br> <b>To:</b> Matthias Clasen <<a href="mailto:mclasen@redhat.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">mclasen@redhat.com</a>><br> <b>Cc:</b> Jan Grulich <<a href="mailto:jgrulich@redhat.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jgrulich@redhat.com</a>>; Flatpak List <<a href="mailto:flatpak@lists.freedesktop.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">flatpak@lists.freedesktop.org</a>>; Jorge García <<a href="mailto:jgarciao@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jgarciao@gmail.com</a>><br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: flatpak portal example on github</font> <div> </div> </div> <div dir="ltr"> <div> <div id="x_x_m_923990383258522941x_x_appendonsend" style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Hi,</div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Would like to ask similar question for usb drive access.</div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Is it the org.freedesktop.portal.Device that's supposed to be used for granting usb drive permission?</div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> I'm having trouble finding the gtk API for that. If anyone can point me to the reference, that'll be much appreciated.</div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Many many <span id="x_x_m_923990383258522941x_x_SmartSuggestionsKeyword365507" title="Search for suggestions"> thanks</span> again.</div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Winnie<br> </div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <hr style="display:inline-block; width:98%"> <div id="x_x_m_923990383258522941x_x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Flatpak <<a href="mailto:flatpak-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">flatpak-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org</a>> on behalf of Winnie Poon <<a href="mailto:winniepoon_home@hotmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">winniepoon_home@hotmail.com</a>><br> <b>Sent:</b> November 22, 2019 12:33 PM<br> <b>To:</b> Matthias Clasen <<a href="mailto:mclasen@redhat.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">mclasen@redhat.com</a>><br> <b>Cc:</b> Jan Grulich <<a href="mailto:jgrulich@redhat.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jgrulich@redhat.com</a>>; Flatpak List <<a href="mailto:flatpak@lists.freedesktop.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">flatpak@lists.freedesktop.org</a>>; Jorge García <<a href="mailto:jgarciao@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jgarciao@gmail.com</a>><br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: flatpak portal example on github</font> <div> </div> </div> <div dir="ltr"> <div> <div id="x_x_m_923990383258522941x_x_x_appendonsend" style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Hi Matthias et al.,</div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <span id="x_x_m_923990383258522941x_x_SmartSuggestionsKeyword75257" title="Search for suggestions">Thanks</span> for all the prompt responses. I understand what's going on now and it's working the way i want. :)</div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <span id="x_x_m_923990383258522941x_x_SmartSuggestionsKeyword778100" title="Search for suggestions">Thanks</span> again, you guys are awesome!</div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Regards,</div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Winnie<br> </div> <div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <hr style="display:inline-block; width:98%"> <br> <div> <div dir="ltr"> <div><br> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> _______________________________________________<br> Flatpak mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Flatpak@lists.freedesktop.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Flatpak@lists.freedesktop.org</a><br> <a href="https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/flatpak" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/flatpak</a></blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>