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On 2011-12-16T18:13:42+00:00 Björn Michaelsen wrote:

When you download something and choose to open it in LibreOffice, it
will be saved in /tmp. If you choose Save As, the default saving
location will be in /tmp.

I just lost a partly written exam that way. I thought it was on my
Desktop, but oh no, it was in /tmp and after rebooting it's now gone.

The suggestion is to NEVER let /tmp be the default folder in the Save
dialog, and to ALWAYS warn the user if saving something there.

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-
libreoffice/+bug/905355/comments/2

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On 2011-12-16T18:14:25+00:00 Björn Michaelsen wrote:

EasyHackify

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/df-
libreoffice/+bug/905355/comments/3


** Changed in: df-libreoffice
       Status: Unknown => Confirmed

** Changed in: df-libreoffice
   Importance: Unknown => Medium

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Title:
  [Upstream] Never let users save in /tmp by default

Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite:
  Confirmed
Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When you download something and choose to open it in LibreOffice, it
  will be saved in /tmp. If you choose Save As, the default saving
  location will be in /tmp.

  I just lost a partly written exam that way. I thought it was on my
  Desktop, but oh no, it was in /tmp and after rebooting it's now gone.

  The suggestion is to NEVER let /tmp be the default folder in the Save
  dialog, and to ALWAYS warn the user if saving something there.

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