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Bug 139263 - "Invalid Action Associated" or "The action associated with 'sftp: foo.org' is invalid" for sftp:, ftp:, ssh: methods
"Invalid Action Associated" or "The action associated with 'sftp: foo.org' is...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: general
2.6.x
Other Linux
: Normal major
: ---
Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
: 139471 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-04-06 16:39 UTC by Mark Nelson
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.5/2.6



Description Mark Nelson 2004-04-06 16:39:23 UTC
Description of Problem:

Attempting to access various URIs ranging from
floppy/CD-Rom links to sftp:// and ssh:// server
mounts, to http:// desktop links may result in
nautilus displaying an "invalid action associated"
dialog box.  

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. Open a nautilus window and go to file->connect
to server.
2. Create a new sftp:// or ssh:// link.
3. Double click on the link created either in
"Computer" or on the desktop.

Actual Results:

An "Invalid Action Associated" dialog box appears.

Expected Results:

A window is opened showing the contents of the
remote directory.

How often does this happen? 

Every time an sftp:// or ssh:// mount is accessed.

Additional Information:

The server that is being accessed reports in it's
logs that a connection attempt was made (several
times infact), so nautilus is communicating with
the other server, but apparently does not know
what to do once it has made the connection.  

I have also been able to reproduce this bug when
dragging http:// url links from galeon to the
desktop and attempting to access those.  Other
scattered reports of this bug in other
circumstances have been reported in redhat's bugzilla:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=119446
Comment 1 Arcterex 2004-04-07 06:12:18 UTC
I can confirm this for ~x86 gnome on a gentoo system.  Nautilus 2.6.0.  Same
message as you with ssh:// and ftp:// links, but smb:// links work perfectly.
Comment 2 Christian Neumair 2004-04-07 15:58:53 UTC
nautilus_program_chooser_show_invalid_message calls in
libnautilus-private/nautilus-program-choosing.c should be *way* more smart about
the error received. Just stating that the action is weird.
GNOME_VFS_ERROR_READ_ONLY is one example.
I'll investigate this.

regs,
 Chris
Comment 3 Tim Herold 2004-04-08 14:02:40 UTC
*** Bug 139471 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Tim Herold 2004-04-08 14:12:11 UTC
Three people on bugzilla so far (four counting me), plus a number of people on
irc having the same problem. Confirming... (sorry for all the spam)
Comment 5 Przemyslaw Przybylski 2004-04-09 18:08:46 UTC
... and computer:/// also stop working after few days.
Comment 6 Matthew Gatto 2004-04-12 23:43:08 UTC
Changing summary to make searching easier.
Comment 7 Mike Chavoustie 2004-04-14 01:41:07 UTC
I have had the same problem with sftp://.  Originally I was using a simple
server string (sftp://www.host.com/) and getting the above message.  When I
added the user:pass (sftp://user:pass@www.host.com/), it worked perfectly.  I
would hope to see a prompt for a username/pass as opposed to "invalid action
associated".
Comment 8 John McCutchan 2004-04-14 01:58:35 UTC
Mike, What version of nautilus are you running?

I just tried your suggestion with 2.6.0 and it doesn't work for me.
Comment 9 Mike Chavoustie 2004-04-14 03:17:26 UTC
John:

I'm using the following:

nautilus-2.6.0
gnome-vfs-2.6.0
Comment 10 Mason Kidd 2004-04-14 04:48:45 UTC
Try creating a new user and logging into a gnome session with that new user. 
See if the problem exists.  For me, it didn't exist with that new user.  I was
able to solve the problem with my original user by deleting
~/.gnome/application-info/* and ~/.gnome/mime-info/* and then restarting Nautilus.
Comment 11 John McCutchan 2004-04-14 04:58:18 UTC
deleting ~/.gnome/application-info/* and .gnome/mime-info/* and then restarting
Nautilus does not fix the problem.
Comment 12 Sebastien Bacher 2004-04-18 10:51:24 UTC
This was a bug in gnome-vfs, it's fixed in the CVS and fedora/debian packages at
least
Comment 13 Matthew Gatto 2004-05-19 18:01:33 UTC
I'm seeing this now in cvs head, gnome26 branch (compiled May 18):

* "Connect to server" -> sftp://
* sftp:// mount appears on desktop

... and every time I double click on sftp:// mount's icon I get "The action
associated with 'sftp://eve.albany.edu' is invalid".

Funny thing is, I left it 'mounted' on the Desktop and left the computer, and
the next day I double-click on it and it works fine now.

Are you sure this has been fixed?