Data Loss Possible When Copying/Deleting Files in FAT32 Partitions with Nautilus
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nautilus (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Medium
|
Sebastien Bacher | ||
Bug Description
Summary:
Nautilus doesn't seem to care that FAT32 doesn't support case sensitivity. It
allows two or more files to exist in a FAT32 directory whose only difference is
the capitalization. Deleting one will delete both. Many users have a seperate
FAT32 partition to share data with their Windows installation, so this bug seems
fairly severe. (I know I've lost data before as a result of it.)
Steps to Reproduce Bug:
In a Linux filesystem, create two files, one named test.txt and one named test.TXT
Copy first one, then the other to the same directory on a FAT32 partition.
Nautilus will let you do this, even though FAT32 doesn't support case sensitivity.
Select one of the files and delete it. Both files will be deleted. Neither is
moved to the the user's ./trash folder.
Vital Stats:
Ubuntu Breezy, nautilus-
| Daniel Robitaille (robitaille) wrote | #1 |
| Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote | #2 |
This appears to be similar to bug #9758