Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] save silently fails on Win XP

[Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>]

Gary Hunt wrote:

> Just thought I'd report a minor bug to you guys,
>  
> Versions:
>     Ethereal v0.10.0
>     WinPCAP v3.0.0.18
>     Windows XP 5.1.2600
>  
> When saving a file using Ethereal GUI, if the user doesn't have 
> permission to write to the selected folder then the save silently 
> fails. Ideally the user would be warned that they don't have rights 
> and return to the save dialogue.
>  
> I'm guessing that the code traps the exception but doesn't handle it 
> correctly.
>  
> I'll happily research the fix in the source-code if someone can point 
> me in the right place, I've done plenty of C/C++ but don't know where 
> to look in the 29MB of code ;-)
>  
> cheers,
>  
> Gary
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Well, if you press the ok button in the file save (as) dialog, this 
starts the function "file_open_ok_cb" in file gtk/file_dlg.c.

The actual file access is in one of the calls named cf_xy(), probably 
the cf_open() call.

Hint: Have a call to simple_dialog() to make a message to the user.

Happy debugging,

Regards, ULFL