Description of problem:
gtk2 filechooser is having a problem dealing with chmod o-r
directories. Here is a simple setup example:

Create an unbrowsable directory as root
ls -la /tmp/
drwxrwx-wx   3 root     root        4096 Oct 28 12:41 users
as normal user:
echo "I am a moron" > /tmp/users/moron.txt
mkdir /tmp/users/poop/
echo "test test 1 2 1 2" > /tmp/users/poop/ick.txt
Verify the set up as normal user:
cat /tmp/users/moron.txt -> this works
ls -la /tmp/users   -> this fails
ls -la /tmp/users/poop  -> this works
cat /tmp/users/poop/ick.txt -> this works
as normal user:
open up gedit
try to open /tmp/users/moron.txt  in the filechooser dialog... segfault
try to open /tmp/users/poop/ick.txt in the filechooser dialog...segfault
you'll have to type in the name of the file, since you can't browse to it.

call gedit /tmp/users/poop/ick.txt  on the commandline
and it works.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gtk2-2.4.13-3

How reproducible:
always for any file i need to select that is in a tree with a
non-browsable directory. Doesn't matter how deeply the file is nested
into the non-browsable directory, the gtk filechooser doesn't seem to
be able to handle drwxrwx-wx permissions. And I don't know about your
systems, but I know some multi-user systems where this sort of
situation isn't unheard of.  And it happens for any application that
uses the new gtk filechooser, gedit was just an easy illustration.


-jef