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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Review Request: Add warning for searching the complete file system
From:       "Andre Heinecke" <aheinecke () intevation ! de>
Date:       2012-05-02 19:50:51
Message-ID: 20120502195051.390.70523 () vidsolbach ! de
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Review request for KDE Base Apps.


Description
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In my company it regularly happens that some "non technical" person, e.g. a=
 secretary or a marketing guy tries to find a file he or she has no idea wh=
ere it is placed.
When they use kfind to search the complete file system without using locate=
 this pretty much means a DOS attack on our company network with loads of N=
FS shares etc.

Searching the complete filesystem is nearly always wrong but as users are u=
sed to it from "Search my Computer" or other indexed search options they mi=
ght not realize it.

This Patch adds a confirmation dialog if you want to search / or file:/// r=
ecursively without using locate warning you that this might take a very lon=
g time and is a resource intensive operation


Diffs
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  kfind/kfinddlg.cpp 12b3b7e =

  kfind/kquery.h 39609f3 =


Diff: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/104826/diff/


Testing
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Compiled, tested with regular paths, as well as / and file:///


Thanks,

Andre Heinecke


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<div>Review request for KDE Base Apps.</div>
<div>By Andre Heinecke.</div>







<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Description </h1>
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break-word;">In my company it regularly happens that some &quot;non technical&quot; \
person, e.g. a secretary or a marketing guy tries to find a file he or she has no \
idea where it is placed. When they use kfind to search the complete file system \
without using locate this pretty much means a DOS attack on our company network with \
loads of NFS shares etc.

Searching the complete filesystem is nearly always wrong but as users are used to it \
from &quot;Search my Computer&quot; or other indexed search options they might not \
realize it.

This Patch adds a confirmation dialog if you want to search / or file:/// recursively \
without using locate warning you that this might take a very long time and is a \
resource intensive operation</pre>  </td>
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<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Testing </h1>
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<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Diffs</b> </h1>
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 <li>kfind/kfinddlg.cpp <span style="color: grey">(12b3b7e)</span></li>

 <li>kfind/kquery.h <span style="color: grey">(39609f3)</span></li>

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<p><a href="http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/104826/diff/" style="margin-left: \
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