#1108332 regression: all folder icons display lock icon although acls allow access

Package:
dolphin
Source:
dolphin
Description:
file manager
Submitter:
Andreas B. Mundt
Date:
2026-05-13 02:43:26 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1108332#5
Date:
2025-06-26 06:47:21 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

we observe a regression in nautilus: nautilus displays all folders on an NFSv4
mounted share with a lock-symbol, suggesting that the user has no access.
However, acls allow access.  Trixie's dolphin seems to not correctly evaluate
the permissions granted by acls.

It works fine in Bookworm's dolphin and in Trixie's nautilus (no lock-symbols
where access is granted by acls).

Best regards

  Andi
#1108332#10
Date:
2025-06-26 15:29:42 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

sorry, the first sentence of the report schould read:

  we observe a regression in dolphin: dolphin displays all folders on an NFSv4
                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  mounted share with a lock-symbol, suggesting that the user has no access.

Nautilus (which works fine) was used to test if it's an issue related to dolphin.

Thanks,

  Andi
#1108332#15
Date:
2025-06-27 18:23:26 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

it's easy to reproduce the issue:

  mkdir testACLs
  sudo chown nobody:nogroup testACLs
  sudo chmod 750 testACLs

A lock on the folder icon appears in dolphin, correctly indicating
that the user cannot access the folder content.  Eventually reload
dolphin pressing F5.

  touch testACLs/file   →  permission denied
  sudo setfacl -m u:$USER:rwx testACLs
  touch testACLs/file   →  works fine

However, the lock icon remains in dolphin.  This seems to be a minor
issue, but we have many project folders with only a subset accessible
by a given user.  Having the user to figure out by try-and-error which
folders she can access is kind of annoying for non-IT people.

Best regards,

  Andi
#1108332#22
Date:
2025-07-17 06:58:20 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

using snapshots.debian.org, we found that the issue started when
dolphin was upgraded from 4:23.08.1-1 to 4:24.08.0-5 on 2024-12-08.
There happen many changes (the switch to KF6?) on this update.

Best regards,

  Andi
#1108332#27
Date:
2025-07-17 16:26:42 UTC
From:
To:
Le jeudi 17 juillet 2025, 08:58:20 heure d’été d’Europe centrale Andreas B. Mundt a écrit :

Yes I didn’t check but my first guess is that the regression happened during the KF6 / Qt6 migration.
It’s probably also not in dolphin but in kio or some of the supporting libraries.

Unless we can find something in the debian specific build or configuration that can fix it, it seems to me to be more of an upstream problem.


Happy hacking,
-
Aurélien