#8362 NORM 8.2.0 (: 8.2-759 - Publish Project from the World Menu and the quit button causes Error

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Tue Sep 9 04:26:34 EDT 2008


#8362: 8.2-759 - Publish Project from the World Menu and the quit button causes
Error
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   Reporter:  mzimmerm        |       Owner:  etoys               
       Type:  defect          |      Status:  closed              
   Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  8.2.0 (was Update.2)
  Component:  etoys-activity  |     Version:                      
 Resolution:  invalid         |    Keywords:                      
Next_action:  never set       |    Verified:  0                   
  Blockedby:                  |    Blocking:                      
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Changes (by bert):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => invalid


Comment:

 This is Not A Bug - an activity like Etoys cannot write to the /home/olpc
 directory because it is not running as user olpc. This is the fabled
 "Rainbow" security in action (see http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Low-
 level_Activity_API#Security if you are interested in some details).

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/8362#comment:2>
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