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Is there a way to open files stored outside /home directory?

For example, I've got a shared disk formatted in ZFS that auto mounts stuff in /Volumes/dataset_name I use it to transfer big projects from and to my Mac. OK, that's a weird case, but can't access anything mounted in /media either and well, now that's kinda...

Also, have to point that isn't about one particular snapped program, I've installed many recommended on OMG Ubuntu to test them and so far none had the ability to open anything outside /home; last case but by no means the only one KeePassXC.

Have tried using symlinks and changing some directories permissions but to no avail.

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  • You'd need to 1st. remove the snap then install it again using either the --classic or --devmode option. Try --classic first...
    – doug
    Jun 27, 2017 at 22:44
  • With --classic I could open things on /media but /Volumes is still not being listed. Same when using --devmode. If I run sudo mkdir /asdasd The program doesn't show this directory either.
    – eridani
    Jun 27, 2017 at 23:02
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    Yeah, what you see may be as good as it gets atm with snaps which are still a bit of a joke. So most newly (user) created directories in / aren't accessible. Ex. - /tmp, /usr/share/, pretty much all of /usr/local, ect. What's weird though is a new folder/file in /etc can be..
    – doug
    Jun 28, 2017 at 1:00
  • Please don't recommend installing things with --classic or --devmode unless the upstream developer intended it. Those have implications for users. We're seeing users are following this advice and breaking their snap installs. Installing with devmode will disable automatic updates, and break confinement. Installing with classic mode will bypass confinement and may break the application completely as library paths are all wrong.
    – popey
    May 25, 2018 at 8:46

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