Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 128955
Nautilus has no "Add Network Place" object
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:46 EST
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040510 Description of problem: The documentation for Nautilus that comes with Fedora Core 2 says that one can make an FTP network place by double-clicking an object called "Add Network Place". Fedora Core 2 doesn't appear to include this object. Without it users might not know that they can make an FTP network location in the format of "ftp://user:password@host:port/path". This also strikes me as very bad because it means typing one's password in the clear so onlookers can easily see what someone's password is just by looking over their shoulder. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.0-4 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Read the documentation for: A Tour of the GNOME Desktop -> Nautilus File Manager -> Navigating Your Computer 2. Try following the directions to "Add Network Place". 3. Discover that that icon or object is missing. Actual Results: Nothing, because the icon is missing and the workaround is unacceptably insecure. Expected Results: The documentation should have matched the program, or the program should have matched the documentation. The network panel described in the docs sounds like a good idea for FC to include.
The docs are documenting an sun-specific patch unfortunately. To do something like this, use file -> connect to server.
I don't understand how this is not a bug. Regardless of this being a mismatch due to a patch, the docs and program's behavior do not match. The File -> Connect to server... panel requires a URL which exposes one's password to onlookers (in the event of using a non-anonymous FTP site, for instance). It seems clear to me that these are indeed bugs. Are these bugs filed against the wrong package? If so, what are the right packages? Are they filed in the wrong bugzilla? Better to file them in which other bugzilla? Please do provide more details how this is not a bug.
The password doesn't need to be in the uri. You'll get asked later for it (in rawhide at least). I guess the bug is in the docs, so i'll reassing it to the docs package.
UPSTREAM http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157507