Location of Safe file on Linux version

[Mike Mattix]

I have been using the Windows version for years. I have recently been looking at Linux (specifically Linux Mint) as a possible replacement. I found Password Safe on the ubuntu package manager and installed it. I copied my safe file over and attempted to open it with the application. The File open dialog box seems to restrict where I can place the safe file to either the default or the Documents directory under home. I have always used the Dropbox system (which I have installed on my Mint installation} and its folder for the location of my safe files. Is there someway to override the the Dialog box to allow me to open the safe file where ever I want to store it?

Thanks

[Rony Shapiro]

I'm unaware of any such limitation. Can you provide a screenshot illustrating this?

[Mike Mattix]

Rony, Thanks for the reply. Hopefully it is just some dumb user error but attached is the Password Safe Open file dialog and then the File Explorer view of the same directory.

Mike

[Rony Shapiro]

From the path, it looks like you're using the flatpak distribution.
Flatpak's concept is to restrict file system access in the name of security.

You can override this by adding '--filesystem=home' to the invocation, that is:

$ flatpak run --filesystem=home org.pwsafe.pwsafe

Hope this helps.

[Mike Mattix]

That was it! Adding the override works perfectly!

Thanks

[ThaCrip]

I am currently using Linux Mint 21.2-Xfce and I suggest using the 'standard way' to install Password Safe instead of Flatpak which are bloated/non-standard (in my opinion it's best to use standard installs unless one has no other choice to use Flatpak). to install the standard way you would simply issue the following from terminal...

apt install passwordsafe

while that will basically work, it will be a older version (I forgot exactly which version) but you can download the ".deb" file to install a more recent version if you want.

p.s. Mint 22.0 was recently released and that has Password Safe v1.17.0 by default in the Ubuntu repositories which is only four versions (v1.18.0/1.18.2/1.19.0/1.19.1) behind THE newest of v1.19.1. there is currently no specific version for Mint in the sourceforge download but if you run Mint 22.0 you can likely just use "passwordsafe-ubuntu24-1.19.1-amd64.deb" since Mint 22 series is based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.

@ronys ; if possible, please make a Password Safe for Mint 22 soon (which is based on Ubuntu 24.04) and maybe even for Mint 21 series (which is based on Ubuntu 22.04).