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I have an old drive where I put files which I do not care much about. I mounted it as /mnt/crap (well chosen name!).

There I create a directory with my name: /mnt/crap/alexis.

I create a link to that folder from my home directory:

/home/alexis/crap -> /mnt/crap/alexis

I can go there with Nautilus, add files, etc. since I setup the proper permissions on that alexis directory it all works as expected.

However, when I go in Chromium and I click on the crap folder, it tells me:

Permissions denied.

and it shows nothing. If I go to /, the try to click on mnt, same error.

Is there a way to give chromium permission to access files outside of my home folder?

Alexis Wilke
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    You haven't mentioned what release; my duplicate link assumes 19.10 and won't apply to other releases. If you're talking about 19.10 you need to enable Chromium:removable-media to enable access to /mnt, /media.. (see aforementioned duplicate link) – guiverc Oct 30 '19 at 00:24
  • @guiverc, same resolution, I could go in the Ubuntu Software window, find Chromium and click Permissions. Now it works (at least for /mnt which is enough for me.) – Alexis Wilke Oct 30 '19 at 00:35

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