bug(snap): snap rclip package cannot access network mounts

[jantigenie]

unexpected error when executing 'rclip dog' in a sshfs ou smb mounted drive (path : /home/user/mountpoint)
Debian 12/snapd/rclip 1.11.0

cannot open path of the current working directory: Permission denied on mounted directories

[yurijmikhalevich]

Hi @jantigenie! Because snap limits app access to certain folders, you have to run sudo snap connect rclip:removable-media to let it access mounted drives. Can you let me know if this fixed the issue for you?

[jantigenie]

Hello yurijmikhalevich,
Many thanks for your reply.
Unfortunately I still have an error message on sshfs and cifs mounted drives :
'cannot open path of the current working directory: Permission denied'
The current user has rw rights on the current folder.
Thanks in advance for helping !

[yurijmikhalevich]

@jantigenie, interesting. Let me try to reproduce it.

For now, as a workaround, can you see if AppImage version of rclip will work for you? It isn't being sandboxed by snap and should have access to all directories the Linux user has access to.

[jantigenie]

@yurijmikhalevich You're right, AppImage version of rclip can access to mounted drives. Thanks for your work&help.

[yurijmikhalevich]

@jantigenie, glad it was resolved. I'll update you in this Issue once the permissions issue with snap is fixed. Thank you for reporting it!