How to get access to USB-storage from the application installed as Snap?
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I have Ubuntu 18.04 LTS installed.
I inserted USB-flash to my laptop. It was automounted to /media/username/DISKLABEL and opened in Nautilus. I can read and write objects to it.
How can I access it from the application, which is installed as Snap?
I tried snaps of the following applications such as gedit
, arduino-mhall119
, organize-my-files
. All them show me errors if I navigate to /media folder:
Output of active Snap interfaces is below:
$ snap interfaces | grep -v ".*-$"
Slot Plug
:browser-support organize-my-files
:core-support core:core-support-plug
:cups-control gedit
:desktop gedit,organize-my-files
:desktop-legacy gedit,organize-my-files
:gsettings gedit,organize-my-files
:home arduino-mhall119,gedit,organize-my-files
:network arduino-mhall119,gedit,organize-my-files,pulsemixer
:opengl organize-my-files
:pulseaudio organize-my-files,pulsemixer
:unity7 arduino-mhall119,gedit,organize-my-files
:wayland gedit
:x11 arduino-mhall119,organize-my-files,pulsemixer
gnome-3-26-1604:gnome-3-26-1604 gedit
gtk-common-themes:gtk3-themes gedit
gtk-common-themes:icon-themes gedit
gtk-common-themes:sound-themes gedit
- arduino-mhall119:serial-port
- gedit:avahi-observe
- gedit:mount-observe
Updates:
- connecting mount-observe to Gedit with
snap connect gedit:mount-observe
does not help. - it seems that we need special Snap with support of
removable-media
interface.
permissions usb-drive 18.04 snap usb-storage
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I have Ubuntu 18.04 LTS installed.
I inserted USB-flash to my laptop. It was automounted to /media/username/DISKLABEL and opened in Nautilus. I can read and write objects to it.
How can I access it from the application, which is installed as Snap?
I tried snaps of the following applications such as gedit
, arduino-mhall119
, organize-my-files
. All them show me errors if I navigate to /media folder:
Output of active Snap interfaces is below:
$ snap interfaces | grep -v ".*-$"
Slot Plug
:browser-support organize-my-files
:core-support core:core-support-plug
:cups-control gedit
:desktop gedit,organize-my-files
:desktop-legacy gedit,organize-my-files
:gsettings gedit,organize-my-files
:home arduino-mhall119,gedit,organize-my-files
:network arduino-mhall119,gedit,organize-my-files,pulsemixer
:opengl organize-my-files
:pulseaudio organize-my-files,pulsemixer
:unity7 arduino-mhall119,gedit,organize-my-files
:wayland gedit
:x11 arduino-mhall119,organize-my-files,pulsemixer
gnome-3-26-1604:gnome-3-26-1604 gedit
gtk-common-themes:gtk3-themes gedit
gtk-common-themes:icon-themes gedit
gtk-common-themes:sound-themes gedit
- arduino-mhall119:serial-port
- gedit:avahi-observe
- gedit:mount-observe
Updates:
- connecting mount-observe to Gedit with
snap connect gedit:mount-observe
does not help. - it seems that we need special Snap with support of
removable-media
interface.
permissions usb-drive 18.04 snap usb-storage
add a comment |
up vote
3
down vote
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up vote
3
down vote
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I have Ubuntu 18.04 LTS installed.
I inserted USB-flash to my laptop. It was automounted to /media/username/DISKLABEL and opened in Nautilus. I can read and write objects to it.
How can I access it from the application, which is installed as Snap?
I tried snaps of the following applications such as gedit
, arduino-mhall119
, organize-my-files
. All them show me errors if I navigate to /media folder:
Output of active Snap interfaces is below:
$ snap interfaces | grep -v ".*-$"
Slot Plug
:browser-support organize-my-files
:core-support core:core-support-plug
:cups-control gedit
:desktop gedit,organize-my-files
:desktop-legacy gedit,organize-my-files
:gsettings gedit,organize-my-files
:home arduino-mhall119,gedit,organize-my-files
:network arduino-mhall119,gedit,organize-my-files,pulsemixer
:opengl organize-my-files
:pulseaudio organize-my-files,pulsemixer
:unity7 arduino-mhall119,gedit,organize-my-files
:wayland gedit
:x11 arduino-mhall119,organize-my-files,pulsemixer
gnome-3-26-1604:gnome-3-26-1604 gedit
gtk-common-themes:gtk3-themes gedit
gtk-common-themes:icon-themes gedit
gtk-common-themes:sound-themes gedit
- arduino-mhall119:serial-port
- gedit:avahi-observe
- gedit:mount-observe
Updates:
- connecting mount-observe to Gedit with
snap connect gedit:mount-observe
does not help. - it seems that we need special Snap with support of
removable-media
interface.
permissions usb-drive 18.04 snap usb-storage
I have Ubuntu 18.04 LTS installed.
I inserted USB-flash to my laptop. It was automounted to /media/username/DISKLABEL and opened in Nautilus. I can read and write objects to it.
How can I access it from the application, which is installed as Snap?
I tried snaps of the following applications such as gedit
, arduino-mhall119
, organize-my-files
. All them show me errors if I navigate to /media folder:
Output of active Snap interfaces is below:
$ snap interfaces | grep -v ".*-$"
Slot Plug
:browser-support organize-my-files
:core-support core:core-support-plug
:cups-control gedit
:desktop gedit,organize-my-files
:desktop-legacy gedit,organize-my-files
:gsettings gedit,organize-my-files
:home arduino-mhall119,gedit,organize-my-files
:network arduino-mhall119,gedit,organize-my-files,pulsemixer
:opengl organize-my-files
:pulseaudio organize-my-files,pulsemixer
:unity7 arduino-mhall119,gedit,organize-my-files
:wayland gedit
:x11 arduino-mhall119,organize-my-files,pulsemixer
gnome-3-26-1604:gnome-3-26-1604 gedit
gtk-common-themes:gtk3-themes gedit
gtk-common-themes:icon-themes gedit
gtk-common-themes:sound-themes gedit
- arduino-mhall119:serial-port
- gedit:avahi-observe
- gedit:mount-observe
Updates:
- connecting mount-observe to Gedit with
snap connect gedit:mount-observe
does not help. - it seems that we need special Snap with support of
removable-media
interface.
permissions usb-drive 18.04 snap usb-storage
permissions usb-drive 18.04 snap usb-storage
edited May 9 at 13:51
asked May 9 at 12:57
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So we need special prepared Snap with support of removable-media
interface/plugin.
Below is a list of Snap with removable-media plug described in YAML-manifest :
- vlc - VLC
- firefox - Firefox
- gimp - GIMP
- mdl - Markdown lint tool
- offlineimap - OfflineIMAP
- magic-wormhole - Magic Worm Hole
- mattermost-desktop - Mattermost
- storjshare-gui - Storj
- opentoonz - OpenToonz
- opentoonz-morevna - OpenToonz - Morevna Edition
- obs-studio - OBS Studio
- steamforwindows - Steam for Windows under Wine
One can find other Snaps released by SnapCrafters with the following GitHub search link.
So if the application does not have auto-connect of removable-media
we need to connect it manually with:
snap connect some-snap-name:removable-media
But not all applications have this plug/interface in YAML-manifest.
It hard to find packages by supported plugs - so I created issue "Add ability for parametric Snap search with filters (plugs, such as removable-media
and so on)" about snapcraft.io site.
The bug about snap
command named "snap
should provide functionality to find packages with needed plug or connector" was filed to launchpad as bug 1776938.
The correct command is:snap connect some-snap-name:removable-media
– Zygmunt Krynicki
May 25 at 15:06
@ZygmuntKrynicki of course. Thank you, I fixed this silly typo.
– N0rbert
May 25 at 15:10
The bug which is cited in the last two paragraphs is truly annoying, but a simple workaround for it if the snap package is already installed issnap interfaces some-snap-name
– karel
Jun 15 at 12:55
@karel, right. Thank you! I have this command already in question. The main problem is to determine plugs of non-installed Snap.
– N0rbert
Jun 15 at 12:56
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up vote
2
down vote
The interface which needs to be connected is removable-media
.
Can access files from removable media in /media and /run/media. This can be used to give an app access to mounted USB sticks and external hard drives on a desktop.
The mount-observe
interface only lets you view what is mounted, not access mounts:
Can query system mount information. This is restricted because it gives privileged read access to mount arguments and should only be used with trusted apps.
Neither of these two interfaces will auto-connect. From https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/wiki/Interfaces#removable-media
I don't know. It seems obs-studio does, but I only found it due to it mentioning the interface in the description of the app for how to access external storage. I don't know how to query the store for specific interfaces in snaps. If a specific snap doesn't support the interface, it will presumably need to be rebuilt to support it.
– dobey
May 9 at 13:58
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2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
4
down vote
accepted
So we need special prepared Snap with support of removable-media
interface/plugin.
Below is a list of Snap with removable-media plug described in YAML-manifest :
- vlc - VLC
- firefox - Firefox
- gimp - GIMP
- mdl - Markdown lint tool
- offlineimap - OfflineIMAP
- magic-wormhole - Magic Worm Hole
- mattermost-desktop - Mattermost
- storjshare-gui - Storj
- opentoonz - OpenToonz
- opentoonz-morevna - OpenToonz - Morevna Edition
- obs-studio - OBS Studio
- steamforwindows - Steam for Windows under Wine
One can find other Snaps released by SnapCrafters with the following GitHub search link.
So if the application does not have auto-connect of removable-media
we need to connect it manually with:
snap connect some-snap-name:removable-media
But not all applications have this plug/interface in YAML-manifest.
It hard to find packages by supported plugs - so I created issue "Add ability for parametric Snap search with filters (plugs, such as removable-media
and so on)" about snapcraft.io site.
The bug about snap
command named "snap
should provide functionality to find packages with needed plug or connector" was filed to launchpad as bug 1776938.
The correct command is:snap connect some-snap-name:removable-media
– Zygmunt Krynicki
May 25 at 15:06
@ZygmuntKrynicki of course. Thank you, I fixed this silly typo.
– N0rbert
May 25 at 15:10
The bug which is cited in the last two paragraphs is truly annoying, but a simple workaround for it if the snap package is already installed issnap interfaces some-snap-name
– karel
Jun 15 at 12:55
@karel, right. Thank you! I have this command already in question. The main problem is to determine plugs of non-installed Snap.
– N0rbert
Jun 15 at 12:56
add a comment |
up vote
4
down vote
accepted
So we need special prepared Snap with support of removable-media
interface/plugin.
Below is a list of Snap with removable-media plug described in YAML-manifest :
- vlc - VLC
- firefox - Firefox
- gimp - GIMP
- mdl - Markdown lint tool
- offlineimap - OfflineIMAP
- magic-wormhole - Magic Worm Hole
- mattermost-desktop - Mattermost
- storjshare-gui - Storj
- opentoonz - OpenToonz
- opentoonz-morevna - OpenToonz - Morevna Edition
- obs-studio - OBS Studio
- steamforwindows - Steam for Windows under Wine
One can find other Snaps released by SnapCrafters with the following GitHub search link.
So if the application does not have auto-connect of removable-media
we need to connect it manually with:
snap connect some-snap-name:removable-media
But not all applications have this plug/interface in YAML-manifest.
It hard to find packages by supported plugs - so I created issue "Add ability for parametric Snap search with filters (plugs, such as removable-media
and so on)" about snapcraft.io site.
The bug about snap
command named "snap
should provide functionality to find packages with needed plug or connector" was filed to launchpad as bug 1776938.
The correct command is:snap connect some-snap-name:removable-media
– Zygmunt Krynicki
May 25 at 15:06
@ZygmuntKrynicki of course. Thank you, I fixed this silly typo.
– N0rbert
May 25 at 15:10
The bug which is cited in the last two paragraphs is truly annoying, but a simple workaround for it if the snap package is already installed issnap interfaces some-snap-name
– karel
Jun 15 at 12:55
@karel, right. Thank you! I have this command already in question. The main problem is to determine plugs of non-installed Snap.
– N0rbert
Jun 15 at 12:56
add a comment |
up vote
4
down vote
accepted
up vote
4
down vote
accepted
So we need special prepared Snap with support of removable-media
interface/plugin.
Below is a list of Snap with removable-media plug described in YAML-manifest :
- vlc - VLC
- firefox - Firefox
- gimp - GIMP
- mdl - Markdown lint tool
- offlineimap - OfflineIMAP
- magic-wormhole - Magic Worm Hole
- mattermost-desktop - Mattermost
- storjshare-gui - Storj
- opentoonz - OpenToonz
- opentoonz-morevna - OpenToonz - Morevna Edition
- obs-studio - OBS Studio
- steamforwindows - Steam for Windows under Wine
One can find other Snaps released by SnapCrafters with the following GitHub search link.
So if the application does not have auto-connect of removable-media
we need to connect it manually with:
snap connect some-snap-name:removable-media
But not all applications have this plug/interface in YAML-manifest.
It hard to find packages by supported plugs - so I created issue "Add ability for parametric Snap search with filters (plugs, such as removable-media
and so on)" about snapcraft.io site.
The bug about snap
command named "snap
should provide functionality to find packages with needed plug or connector" was filed to launchpad as bug 1776938.
So we need special prepared Snap with support of removable-media
interface/plugin.
Below is a list of Snap with removable-media plug described in YAML-manifest :
- vlc - VLC
- firefox - Firefox
- gimp - GIMP
- mdl - Markdown lint tool
- offlineimap - OfflineIMAP
- magic-wormhole - Magic Worm Hole
- mattermost-desktop - Mattermost
- storjshare-gui - Storj
- opentoonz - OpenToonz
- opentoonz-morevna - OpenToonz - Morevna Edition
- obs-studio - OBS Studio
- steamforwindows - Steam for Windows under Wine
One can find other Snaps released by SnapCrafters with the following GitHub search link.
So if the application does not have auto-connect of removable-media
we need to connect it manually with:
snap connect some-snap-name:removable-media
But not all applications have this plug/interface in YAML-manifest.
It hard to find packages by supported plugs - so I created issue "Add ability for parametric Snap search with filters (plugs, such as removable-media
and so on)" about snapcraft.io site.
The bug about snap
command named "snap
should provide functionality to find packages with needed plug or connector" was filed to launchpad as bug 1776938.
edited Jun 15 at 12:53
answered May 9 at 14:08
N0rbert
19.9k54392
19.9k54392
The correct command is:snap connect some-snap-name:removable-media
– Zygmunt Krynicki
May 25 at 15:06
@ZygmuntKrynicki of course. Thank you, I fixed this silly typo.
– N0rbert
May 25 at 15:10
The bug which is cited in the last two paragraphs is truly annoying, but a simple workaround for it if the snap package is already installed issnap interfaces some-snap-name
– karel
Jun 15 at 12:55
@karel, right. Thank you! I have this command already in question. The main problem is to determine plugs of non-installed Snap.
– N0rbert
Jun 15 at 12:56
add a comment |
The correct command is:snap connect some-snap-name:removable-media
– Zygmunt Krynicki
May 25 at 15:06
@ZygmuntKrynicki of course. Thank you, I fixed this silly typo.
– N0rbert
May 25 at 15:10
The bug which is cited in the last two paragraphs is truly annoying, but a simple workaround for it if the snap package is already installed issnap interfaces some-snap-name
– karel
Jun 15 at 12:55
@karel, right. Thank you! I have this command already in question. The main problem is to determine plugs of non-installed Snap.
– N0rbert
Jun 15 at 12:56
The correct command is:
snap connect some-snap-name:removable-media
– Zygmunt Krynicki
May 25 at 15:06
The correct command is:
snap connect some-snap-name:removable-media
– Zygmunt Krynicki
May 25 at 15:06
@ZygmuntKrynicki of course. Thank you, I fixed this silly typo.
– N0rbert
May 25 at 15:10
@ZygmuntKrynicki of course. Thank you, I fixed this silly typo.
– N0rbert
May 25 at 15:10
The bug which is cited in the last two paragraphs is truly annoying, but a simple workaround for it if the snap package is already installed is
snap interfaces some-snap-name
– karel
Jun 15 at 12:55
The bug which is cited in the last two paragraphs is truly annoying, but a simple workaround for it if the snap package is already installed is
snap interfaces some-snap-name
– karel
Jun 15 at 12:55
@karel, right. Thank you! I have this command already in question. The main problem is to determine plugs of non-installed Snap.
– N0rbert
Jun 15 at 12:56
@karel, right. Thank you! I have this command already in question. The main problem is to determine plugs of non-installed Snap.
– N0rbert
Jun 15 at 12:56
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
The interface which needs to be connected is removable-media
.
Can access files from removable media in /media and /run/media. This can be used to give an app access to mounted USB sticks and external hard drives on a desktop.
The mount-observe
interface only lets you view what is mounted, not access mounts:
Can query system mount information. This is restricted because it gives privileged read access to mount arguments and should only be used with trusted apps.
Neither of these two interfaces will auto-connect. From https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/wiki/Interfaces#removable-media
I don't know. It seems obs-studio does, but I only found it due to it mentioning the interface in the description of the app for how to access external storage. I don't know how to query the store for specific interfaces in snaps. If a specific snap doesn't support the interface, it will presumably need to be rebuilt to support it.
– dobey
May 9 at 13:58
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
The interface which needs to be connected is removable-media
.
Can access files from removable media in /media and /run/media. This can be used to give an app access to mounted USB sticks and external hard drives on a desktop.
The mount-observe
interface only lets you view what is mounted, not access mounts:
Can query system mount information. This is restricted because it gives privileged read access to mount arguments and should only be used with trusted apps.
Neither of these two interfaces will auto-connect. From https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/wiki/Interfaces#removable-media
I don't know. It seems obs-studio does, but I only found it due to it mentioning the interface in the description of the app for how to access external storage. I don't know how to query the store for specific interfaces in snaps. If a specific snap doesn't support the interface, it will presumably need to be rebuilt to support it.
– dobey
May 9 at 13:58
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
The interface which needs to be connected is removable-media
.
Can access files from removable media in /media and /run/media. This can be used to give an app access to mounted USB sticks and external hard drives on a desktop.
The mount-observe
interface only lets you view what is mounted, not access mounts:
Can query system mount information. This is restricted because it gives privileged read access to mount arguments and should only be used with trusted apps.
Neither of these two interfaces will auto-connect. From https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/wiki/Interfaces#removable-media
The interface which needs to be connected is removable-media
.
Can access files from removable media in /media and /run/media. This can be used to give an app access to mounted USB sticks and external hard drives on a desktop.
The mount-observe
interface only lets you view what is mounted, not access mounts:
Can query system mount information. This is restricted because it gives privileged read access to mount arguments and should only be used with trusted apps.
Neither of these two interfaces will auto-connect. From https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/wiki/Interfaces#removable-media
answered May 9 at 13:51
dobey
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I don't know. It seems obs-studio does, but I only found it due to it mentioning the interface in the description of the app for how to access external storage. I don't know how to query the store for specific interfaces in snaps. If a specific snap doesn't support the interface, it will presumably need to be rebuilt to support it.
– dobey
May 9 at 13:58
add a comment |
I don't know. It seems obs-studio does, but I only found it due to it mentioning the interface in the description of the app for how to access external storage. I don't know how to query the store for specific interfaces in snaps. If a specific snap doesn't support the interface, it will presumably need to be rebuilt to support it.
– dobey
May 9 at 13:58
I don't know. It seems obs-studio does, but I only found it due to it mentioning the interface in the description of the app for how to access external storage. I don't know how to query the store for specific interfaces in snaps. If a specific snap doesn't support the interface, it will presumably need to be rebuilt to support it.
– dobey
May 9 at 13:58
I don't know. It seems obs-studio does, but I only found it due to it mentioning the interface in the description of the app for how to access external storage. I don't know how to query the store for specific interfaces in snaps. If a specific snap doesn't support the interface, it will presumably need to be rebuilt to support it.
– dobey
May 9 at 13:58
add a comment |
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