Distribution: Fedora Core release 3 (Heidelberg)
Package: gtk+
Severity: normal
Version: GNOME2.8.0 unspecified
Gnome-Distributor: Red Hat, Inc
Synopsis: Applications using gtk+ file dialog crash when parent directory has limited access 
Bugzilla-Product: gtk+
Bugzilla-Component: GtkFileSel
Bugzilla-Version: unspecified
Description:
Description of Problem:
On a couple of systems I manage, / and /home are executable for all, but
not readable. So users can access directories the know exist, but are
unable to browse these directories.
Under Fedora Core 3 this is causing a problem for applications which use
the Gtk+ file dialog, unless running under Gnome.

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. log in using any desktop or window manager except Gnome (e.g. KDE,
XFCE, fvwm2 etc)
2. open an application which uses the gtk+ file dialog, e.g. gedit or
Fedora's version of firefox
3. open a file dialog (open file, save as, etc)

Actual Results:
*** glibc detected *** double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x08909128
*** 
the application hangs, and needs to be killed as far as I can tell

Expected Results:
A file dialog box.

How often does this happen?
Always, under those circumstances

Additional Information:
As mentioned above, all is fine under Gnome. And all is fine when / and
/home are readable to the user. It must be a strange combination of
desktop environment and file permissions which is not handled
correctly.




------- Bug moved to this database by unknown@bugzilla.gnome.org 2005-04-19 07:31 -------


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