Re: VFS integration with kernel mounts "gtk-devel-list gnome org" <gtk-devel-list gnome org>

[Petr Tomasek <tomasek etf cuni cz>]

> 
> One of the big advantages with the mount model in gvfs (as opposed to
> gnome-vfs) is that we know when authentication will happed (at
> mounttime) and can handle it in a sane way in the app. In gnome-vfs
> authentication (including infinite blocking if the dialog appeared under
> your window, or lots of dialogs if e.g. listing various mountpoints) can
> happen at *any* i/o operation, which is not sanely handleable by the
> app.
> 

How would you handle then cases, where e.g. a part of WebDAV share
is accessible without any authentication, while it's subdirectories
are protected?

P.T.

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Petr Tomasek <http://www.etf.cuni.cz/~tomasek>