[Xfce-bugs] [Bug 14812] Thunar shows all fstab entries in devices in the Shortcuts Side Pane

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https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14812

--- Comment #7 from alexxcons <alexxcons at xfce.org> ---
(In reply to Bakhelit from comment #5)
 But I also found the following
> link "https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/gvfs/doc" with a FAQ that discusses
> "Running applications under root". It seems to suggest that gvfs does not
> work well when used by an application run by root in a normal non-root
> session. I use the "Exec=pkexec /usr/bin/thunar /" command in a "*.desktop"
> file to start Thunar as root, thus I am not 100% sure the FAQ applies to my
> case, but it seems likely. This could also mean that if Thunar indeed uses
> gvfs when run by root it may be doing a wrong thing in the first place?

Yes, possibly it would make sense to disable gvfs when running as root ...
though it looks like this is already done automatically ... dont know, you have
to read the code to know details.

Disabeling gvfs forquick  testing can be done like that:
https://wiki.xfce.org/thunar/dev/temp_disable_gvfs

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