Re: [evince] problems with specific filename

[Juanjo Marín <juanjomarin96 yahoo es>]

----- Mensaje original -----
> De: Michael henn <michael henn uni-ulm de>
> Para: evince-list gnome org
> CC: 
> Enviado: jueves 30 de junio de 2011 17:52
> Asunto: [evince] problems with specific filename
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I've posted this in the IRC channel, but got no answer, so i try it this
> way:
> 
> I tried the following in my home directory:
> 
> $ echo "test" | a2ps -o .bashthis
> $ evince .bashthis
> 
> Then evince opens with a big red bar saying:
> Dokument konnte nicht geöffnet werden
> Fehler beim Öffnen der Datei: Keine Berechtigung
> 
> meaning something like:
> Document could not be opened
> error while opening the file: no authorization
> 
> The interesting part is: The problem only occurs if i'm in my home
> folder and the filename starts with ".bash". gv opens the file without
> any problems.
> 
> When i try this (notice the missing h in "bash"):
> 
> $ echo "test" | a2ps -o .basthis
> $ evince .basthis
> 
> it also works fine.
> So ... what problem does evince have with files in my homedirectory
> beginning with ".bash"?


Michael,

This is strange. I can't reproduce this in my Fedora 15 box with Evince 3.0.2.
I think is not related with Evince, maybe with any "security" measure added by
your distribution. Which is your distro and version of Evince ?

This is the trace of systems calls related with the file:


$ strace -f evince .bashthis 2>&1 | grep bashthis
execve("/usr/bin/evince", ["evince", ".bashthis"], [/* 49 vars */]) = 0
[pid 10909] stat64("/home/jjmarin/.bashthis",  <unfinished ...>
[pid 10909] lstat64("/home/jjmarin/.bashthis", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=17694, ...}) = 0
[pid 10914] lstat64("/home/jjmarin/.bashthis", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=17694, ...}) = 0
[pid 10914] open("/home/jjmarin/.bashthis", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 17
[pid 10914] open("/home/jjmarin/.bashthis", O_RDONLY <unfinished ...>
[pid 10912] lstat64("/home/jjmarin/.bashthis",  <unfinished ...>
[pid 10912] lstat64("/home/jjmarin/.bashthis", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=17694, ...}) = 0
[pid 10912] lstat64("/home/jjmarin/.bashthis", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=17694, ...}) = 0
[pid 10921] lstat64("/home/jjmarin/.bashthis",  <unfinished ...>
[pid 10912] lstat64("/home/jjmarin/.bashthis",  <unfinished ...>
[pid 10909] stat64("/home/jjmarin/.bashthis", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=17694, ...}) = 0
[pid 10914] open("/home/jjmarin/.bashthis", O_RDONLY) = 24
[pid 10914] open("/home/jjmarin/.bashthis", O_RDONLY) = 24
[pid 10914] open("/home/jjmarin/.bashthis", O_RDONLY) = 24
[pid 10914] open("/home/jjmarin/.bashthis", O_RDONLY) = 24
[pid 10909] stat64("/home/jjmarin/.bashthis", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=17694, ...}) = 0
[pid 10914] open("/home/jjmarin/.bashthis", O_RDONLY) = 24
[pid 10914] open("/home/jjmarin/.bashthis", O_RDONLY) = 24
[pid 10914] open("/home/jjmarin/.bashthis", O_RDONLY) = 24
[pid 10914] open("/home/jjmarin/.bashthis", O_RDONLY) = 24
[pid 10914] open("/home/jjmarin/.bashthis", O_RDONLY) = 24
[pid 10914] open("/home/jjmarin/.bashthis", O_RDONLY) = 24

I think doing a trace like this maybe can give you an idea what's wrong.

Cheers,

   -- Juanjo Marin