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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Bug#9479: Crash after browsing in directory folder
From:       Don Sanders <don () sanders ! org>
Date:       2000-08-30 18:50:13
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Yes, that makes sense. This is a kfiledialog bug, should be reassigned to 
kdelibs.

BFN,
Don.

On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Reto Hotz wrote:
> Hi Don !
>
> > You mean it crashed in the file dialog (the one titled "choose mail
> > location")?
> >
> > I don't understand.
>
> Sorry for my bad description.
> I used KDE with German-Language. But now I changed it to english, so I
> can tell you exactly the procedure to reproduce this crash:
>
> - I start KMail
> - the I go to the menu: Settings -> Configuration -> Network
> - And there I click on the choose-Button for the sendmail-location.
> - A new window opens. It looks like a default "file-open"-Dialog by KDE.
> - In the titlebar it is written: "Choose Sendmail Location - KMail".
> - I try now to browse into the /usr directory by doubleclicking the
> /usr-icon.
> - KMail crashes.
>
> But in the meantime I found the sollution:
>
> In fact, I am logged in as normal user. And it is not allowed to
> browse into the /usr-Directory for a user. I think only root can do that.
> So KMail should tell me, that this operation is not allowed.
> But It shouldn't crash.
>
> To verify my thesis, I made exactly the same way *except* browsing
> into the /usr -Folder. In browsed into my /home-Folder and it worked
> fine.
>
> So. I hope you understand, what I try to describe.
> If you have any questions, please let me know.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Greetings
> Reto

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