Ticket #609 (Open)Tue Aug 01 16:02:06 UTC 2023

Passwordless Access+ shares don't display in OmniClient

Details by James Woodcock (307):

Without running OmniClient, set up some shares:

*share HostFS:$.Apps Apps@HostFS
*share HostFS:$.Printing -noicon

*fwshow should show that both shares are ready

Click on “Discs” on the icon bar, you should see Apps@HostFS, but not Printing. This is expected.

You can double click on Apps@HostFS to mount and use it.

You can access Printing by running:

*filer_opendir share::Printing.$

Now run $.Apps.!Omni and get it to show the FS list.

Apps@HostFS does not appear in the list.

I tried to provoke Omni into showing Apps@HostFS by double clicking on “Access+” and logging on with the Domain name as Apps with no password. The hidden Printing share shows up. Apps@HostFS doesn’t.

So, I think there are two problems here:

1. The Printing share should not show up in the FS list (it’s still a hidden share)
2. Apps@HostFS should show up without me having to log onto Access+ (it’s not a password protected share).

Apps@HostFS appears in Resources:$.Discs, but it cannot be opened by double clicking on it. It can be opened by:

*filer_opendir Share::Apps@HostFS.$

If you reboot into a clean state, set up the shares as before and also set up a password protected share with $.Utilities.Access.!Access+, then logging on to Access+ with Omni client doesn’t cause the hidden shares to be shown.

I am using the RISC OS 5.29 ROM and HardDisc4 from 1st Aug 2023. The same thing happens on OmniClient 2.04 from 21 April 1997, running on RISC OS 3.71. So not a recent regression.