GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 400115
Cannot remove symbolic link to folder or file on other filesystem
Last modified: 2013-04-29 19:23:19 UTC
Please describe the problem: It is not possible to remove a symbolic link to a folder or file on an other filesystem for instance a symbolic link ~/Desktop/linkToFile pointing to a file on /media/hda5/file cannot be removed even though it is possible to do so by opening a terminal and type "rm linkToFile" Steps to reproduce: Assume you have two partitions /dev/hda1 and /dev/hda5, /dev/hda1 is the root filesystem and /dev/hda5 is mounted as /media/hda5. /media/hda5 is mounted with "users,owner,rw,exec" so it is possible for the current user to create, move and delete files and folders. 1. Greate a folder named "test" on /media/hda5 2. Create a symbolic link from ~/Desktop/newLink to /media/hda5/test/ 3. Try and delete the link Actual results: You will be prompt by a dialog box saying "Error 'Not on same filesystem' when deleting '~/Desktop/newLink'"(translated) and asks you to try again or cance Expected results: The link should be deleted Does this happen every time? yes Other information: Work fine opening a terminal and typing "rm newLink"
Can't reproduce this with master. Is it still an issue?
Let's presume this is not the case. Please reopen if this is not the case.