linuxmint / linuxmint/nemo-extensions
Nemo (File Manager) ZIP files with passwords are not being recognized and are extracting corrupted files
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Description
Distribution
Mint 21.3
Package version
6.0.4
Graphics hardware in use
1060
Frequency
Always
Bug description
I download .zip files that are password protected. When in the Nemo file manager if i click extract here it it does not recognise the zip is password protected, does not ask for a prompt and outputs the contents of the folder but everything is corrupted
Steps to reproduce
Try and unzip a passwprd protected .zip
Expected behavior
Unreadable files
Additional information
Something is obviously broken between gzip and nemo and cinamon. I only noticed this when i did fresh install of mint 21.3 on the weekend. Duplicated across several different computers laptop and desktop. I also downloaded PeaZip and it asked for password and the files extracted fine.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the problem on Mint 21.3 with Nemo 6.0.4 using a password-protected ZIP, then compare extraction with PeaZip, which requests the password and succeeds. Done means Nemo recognizes the password requirement, prompts for the password, and extracts readable files rather than corrupted contents.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100