Correct SFTP path is not used for some devices

[mspatil32]

Describe the bug

Hi,

I think the app in phone got updated recently, and I'm getting the below error when trying to access the mounted drive in linux.

Please provide solutions.

Steps to reproduce

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Expected behavior

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GSConnect version

55

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Linux distribution/release

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Paired device(s)

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[f-fouad]

You don't have permissions to access / of your phone.

Press Ctrl+L and append to the address /storage/emulated/0 to access Android Internal storage. It should be the default.

[mspatil32]

Hi @f-fouad ,

Thanks for your reply.

Please tell me where should I add the address "/storage/emulated/0".

This issue came up after the "kdeconnect" app got updated yesterday in android. As a work around, I installed the older version of the app (from Jan 2023), and it is working fine.

[seanms]

I'm seeing the same problem after upgrading kdeconnect on my phone.

@mspatil32 When you're on the Nautlius page giving you the error, pressing Ctrl+L opens the address bar at the top. Append "/storage..." to the address.

[mspatil32]

@seanms
Oh okay, understood now. Does this help? Is the entire phone's filesystem accessible by this method? Previously, the Downloads folders in the internal storage was not accessible.

[seanms]

Yes, this appears to work around the problem. I'm able to read and write the phone's file system.

[mspatil32]

Hi @seanms
Thanks a lot. Will try it.
Currently, I installed the older version of the app (Jan 2023), and it doesn't give this problem, and I can access some of the folders in the phone (not the main internal storage and the Downloads folder).

[alexanderadam]

I'm seeing the same with recent versions and appending /storage/emulated/0 helps indeed.
@andyholmes would it be possible to optionally add this path via settings automatically?

[andyholmes]

No, it's the responsibility of the remote device to report the correct path. This doesn't relate to any settings in GSConnect.

[alexanderadam]

I see. So the KDEConnect client is publishing the remote paths to GSConnect then and currently it is reporting sftp://192.123.123.132:61454/ instead of sftp://192.123.123.132:61454/storage/emulated/0 and hence it is an upstream issue where the KDEConnect client should publish the first valid path instead of the root path.

Do I understand this correctly @andyholmes?

Does anyone know whether there is an upstream ticket for this then?

[andyholmes]

Correct, the remote device must communicate the path. I haven't seen such a bug report yet, nope :/

[mspatil32]

Hi
Will there be an update to kde connect app to solve this issue?

[andyholmes]

You will have to open an upstream bug at https://bugs.kde.org

[mspatil32]

Sure.
Thanks @andyholmes .

[alexanderadam]

Not sure whether it's related but I asked over here. 🤷‍♂️