Indicate read only mode for directories

[mc-butler]

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This issue was migrated from Trac:

Origin	https://midnight-commander.org/ticket/2928
Reporter	birdie (aros@….com)
Mentions	gotar@….pl, mooffie@….com (@mooffie)

Some paths in the system can be read only for a user who's browsing them, either because the permissions forbid to create/modify anything in the current directory, or if a certain directory belongs to a mount point which is mounted read only.

Please, add an indicator saying you cannot modify the current directory, something like "[ro]":

┌<─ /mnt [ro] ─────────────────────────.[^]>┐
│'n     Name           │ Size  │Modify time │
│/..                   │UP--DIR│Nov 17 00:23│

[mc-butler]

Changed by gotar (gotar@….pl) on Nov 28, 2012 at 12:13 UTC (comment 1)

• Blocked by set to #2904
• Cc set to gotar@….pl

Proper detection of write access requires multiple checks (not only directory mode, but also xattrs and possibly other things). Until mc has decent ACL support this would only misguide people.

[mc-butler]

Changed by mooffie (@mooffie) on Apr 6, 2015 at 9:39 UTC (comment 2)

• Cc changed from gotar@….pl to gotar@….pl, mooffie@….com

[mc-butler]

Changed by zaytsev (@zyv) on Nov 4, 2016 at 20:13 UTC

• Blocked by #2904 deleted

[mc-butler]

Changed by zaytsev (@zyv) on Nov 4, 2016 at 20:14 UTC (comment 4)

• Blocked by set to #1852

[mc-butler]

Changed by zaytsev (@zyv) on Feb 18, 2025 at 12:57 UTC (comment 5)

• Blocking set to #1852
• Blocked by #1852 deleted

[mc-butler]

Changed by zaytsev (@zyv) on Feb 22, 2025 at 11:09 UTC

• Blocked by set to #1852
• Blocking #1852 deleted