[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #755: trying to start in mapset you don't own gives wrong error msg

[GRASS GIS]

#755: trying to start in mapset you don't own gives wrong error msg
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 Reporter:  hamish         |       Owner:  grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org
     Type:  defect         |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  minor          |   Milestone:  6.4.0                    
Component:  default        |     Version:  svn-develbranch6         
 Keywords:  mapset access  |    Platform:  Linux                    
      Cpu:  x86-32         |  
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 Hi,

 if I do "chmod 999.999 $LOCATION/user1" to make my user account not the
 owner of a mapset, and then start grass with the full path to the mapset I
 get this error:

 {{{
 Cleaning up temporary files ...
 Starting GRASS ...
 $LOCATION/user1/.gislock: Permission denied
 ERROR: $GISBASE/etc/lock:
 hb is currently running GRASS in selected mapset (file
 $LOCATION/user1/.gislock found). Concurrent use not allowed.
 }}}


 user1 is drwxr-xr-x, so the Permission denied comes from the fact that
 etc/lock can't write the .gislock file, not that my current user account
 already has a copy there. (I checked, the file doesn't exist)

 So that Permission denied needs to be better caught I guess.
 or improve  G!__mapset_permissions() or G!__mapset_permissions2() and it's
 a case of the error message being a bit too overenthusiastic?


 if I start GRASS with -tcltk the mapset is simply missing from the list
 (greyed out would be nicer if $MAPSET/WIND exists but we don't own it). I
 don't have wx on this machine to test the wxGUI startup, nor did I test
 changing mapsets with g.mapset. And no idea what happens if you force the
 mapset change with g.gisenv.


 Hamish

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