Bug 1738531 - baobab: Cannot visualize file system content as superuser
Summary: baobab: Cannot visualize file system content as superuser
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: baobab
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Kalev Lember
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-08-07 11:44 UTC by Florian Weimer
Modified: 2025-06-25 11:25 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2025-06-25 11:25:02 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Florian Weimer 2019-08-07 11:44:31 UTC 
Running “baobab /var/log” results in this error message on my system:

Could not scan some of the folders contained in “/var/log”

Error opening directory '/var/log/swtpm/libvirt/qemu': Permission denied

Using sudo does not work either:

$ sudo baobab /var/log
No protocol specified
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused

(baobab:11041): Gtk-WARNING **: 13:42:08.298: cannot open display: :0
Comment 1 Fedora Admin user for bugzilla script actions 2022-11-29 00:06:09 UTC 
This package has changed maintainer in Fedora. Reassigning to the new maintainer of this component.
Comment 2 Fedora Admin user for bugzilla script actions 2025-03-19 03:37:07 UTC 
This package has changed maintainer in Fedora. Reassigning to the new maintainer of this component.
Comment 3 Milan Crha 2025-06-25 11:25:02 UTC 
This should be better filled upstream, it's not Fedora specific. Please do so, if you are still interested in this. Retest with 48.x series also welcome, it had been many years since you reported it. The error when running as root, it looks like an X11 error, not being able to reach the display.
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