#2246 Permission denied in each directory except /home

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I installed Docfetcher via Snapd in my system with ElemantaryOS 5.1. After starting the program, I get an error message in a window with the name ExceptionInIntializationError, but the GUI becomes active.

I tried to add multiple directories to the searchscope. If the directory is a content of my home directory, e.g. ~ / documents, the directory is added to the search scope. Adding an arbitrary directory outside of my home directory, e.g. /opt/mediathek/whitepapers, fails with the message

Could not read the content of opt
Error opening directory '/opt': Permission denied

If I try to access one of these directories with my file browser, I have no problem with accessing the directory and the files contained.

How can I solve this problem?

Best regards,
Ralf Ebert

[Nam-Quang Tran]

Hi,

instead of using the snap package, you can try portable DocFetcher from the DocFetcher website.

Best regards
q:-) <= Quang

[Nam-Quang Tran]

Duplicate bug report: https://sourceforge.net/p/docfetcher/bugs/2244/

[Anonymous]

I do not believe that # 2246 is a duplicate of this bug, as it describes another effect. I can not imagine that # 2244 causes an access error to a directory outside home, though access to a directory within Home works - - even if both errors occurred together.
But I will try your proposal ...

[Anonymous]

With the portable version of docfetcher **docfetcher-1.1.25-portable.zip ** I'm able to scan also directories outside of my home directory ...