[Kde-kiosk] FSView doesn't honour [KDE URL Restrictions] :-(

[Waldo Bastian]

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On Thu June 24 2004 13:51, Russell Brown wrote:
> Heads up warning for anyone that thinks their system is kiosked.  FSView
> (part of konq_plugins) does NOT honour URL Restrictions and allows users
> to browse and modify the filesystem.
>
>
>
> I have tried to block file URL's with the following in my kdeglobals:
>
> 	[KDE URL Restrictions][$i]
> 	rule_1=list,,,,file,,,false
>
> This works well for most things and if one tries to open "file:/" in
> Konqueror with either "Tree View" or "Icon View" then you get an error
> saying "Access denied to file:/"
>
> Unfortunately, if you then click the FSView icon, the whole of the
> filesystem is displayed, available for browsing/changing (FSView allows
> for deletion/manipulation of files).
>
> This is probably not what people were expecting or want :-(

Fixed for KDE 3.3, as a work around you can remove 
$KDEDIR/share/services/fsview_part.desktop

Cheers,
Waldo
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