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Unable to save images in certain directories/folders; but properties are fine.

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Linux, FF 3.6.17 under Ubuntu

When I attempt to save images embedded in a webpage by right-click->"Save Image As...", the result depends on the directory in which I attempt to save. In some directories, I get a Download Error message that reads "....could not be saved, because you cannot change the contents of that folder. Change the folder properties and try again, or try saving in a different location." The directory mode (permissions) are just fine. Saving the file in my normal Downloads directory and then moving the file by hand in a terminal window works fine as well. Disabling all add-ons had no effect. Running in safe-mode had no effect.

Investigating this further, I appear to generate this error message when I try to save the image to a directory located on a different file system than the one on which my homedir and default downloads directory are based; this is true regardless of whether I navigate the file browser to that directory on another file system and try to save, or whether there's a symbolic link to that other file system's directory in my homedir. Attempts to save to directories on the same file system as my homedir/default downloads dir work just fine.

Any advice here? Thanks.

-c

Linux, FF 3.6.17 under Ubuntu When I attempt to save images embedded in a webpage by right-click->"Save Image As...", the result depends on the directory in which I attempt to save. In some directories, I get a Download Error message that reads "....could not be saved, because you cannot change the contents of that folder. Change the folder properties and try again, or try saving in a different location." The directory mode (permissions) are just fine. Saving the file in my normal Downloads directory and then moving the file by hand in a terminal window works fine as well. Disabling all add-ons had no effect. Running in safe-mode had no effect. Investigating this further, I appear to generate this error message when I try to save the image to a directory located on a different file system than the one on which my homedir and default downloads directory are based; this is true regardless of whether I navigate the file browser to that directory on another file system and try to save, or whether there's a symbolic link to that other file system's directory in my homedir. Attempts to save to directories on the same file system as my homedir/default downloads dir work just fine. Any advice here? Thanks. -c