[Bug 30647] New: $WINEPREFIX "not owned by you" unnecessarily restrictive

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30647

Bug #: 30647
           Summary: $WINEPREFIX "not owned by you" unnecessarily
                    restrictive
           Product: Wine
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]
    Classification: Unclassified

I am unable to point my WINEPREFIX at a path that is off an ext2 partition, or
more specifically, a vboxsf mount.

$ mkdir /vboxsf/HostUser/workarea-linux/wine-1
$ WINEPREFIX=/vboxsf/HostUser/workarea-linux/wine-1/; export WINEPREFIX
$ wine winecfg
wine: /vboxsf/HostUser/workarea-linux/wine-1 is not owned by you
$ ls -ld /vboxsf/HostUser/workarea-linux/wine-1
drwxrwxr-x 1 root sharedfs 0 May 11 22:16
/vboxsf/HostUser/workarea-linux/wine-1
$ id -a
uid=20000(shaddy) gid=20000(shaddy)
groups=20000(shaddy),27(sudo),10000(sharedfs)

It is true in this case, that I don't own the targetted directory. But you can
see that by group permissions, I have full access to that directory. In fact, I
created it. It is just not owned by me.

I've read up on this, and I've come to understand that the reason for this
setting is because people were "hosing" their ~/.wine when running as
root/sudo.

But the solution seems to me like applying "extreme prejudice". Wouldn't it
have been more polite to simply test for superuser-like privileges and then
disallow.

Even having a "relax, I know what I'm doing" override would make more sense to
me.

Any chance of making an improvement in this area?

[Bug 30647] $WINEPREFIX "not owned by you" unnecessarily restrictive

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30647

[e-mail] changed:

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--- Comment #1 from [e-mail] 2012-05-11 09:24:56 CDT ---
"I am unable to point my WINEPREFIX at a path that is off an ext2 partition, or
more specifically, a vboxsf mount."

that should be "on a vboxsf mount".

[Bug 30647] $WINEPREFIX "not owned by you" unnecessarily restrictive

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30647

--- Comment #2 from Alexandre Julliard  2012-05-11 09:43:50 CDT ---
The goal is to make sure the same dir can't be used by multiple users, since
that's not supported. If you really know what you're doing you can create a
prefix under your home with symlinks to the shared folder.

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Jerome Leclanche  changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Jerome Leclanche  2012-05-11 10:02:21 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #2)
What about adding a --force option somewhere? Maybe in wineboot?

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--- Comment #4 from Dan Kegel  2012-05-11 10:48:17 CDT ---
Extreme prejudice was called for, believe me.
Have you tried Alexandre's symlink suggestion?  Should be easy.

[Bug 30647] $WINEPREFIX "not owned by you" unnecessarily restrictive

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--- Comment #5 from Austin English  2012-05-11 12:33:15 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #3)
> (In reply to comment #2)
> What about adding a --force option somewhere? Maybe in wineboot?

Wouldn't work, the check is done on each run, not just on initial prefix
creation.

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--- Comment #6 from Austin English  ---
Still present.

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