<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> On 11/18/2011 10:29 AM, Deepak Shetty wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:CAOXiiM=6gOq+MrXV7MP6ohzVsbzoKAgzmjf_0QyZS4YTe9ChaQ@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Deepak Shetty <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:dpkshetty@gmail.com">dpkshetty@gmail.com</a>> Date: Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:15 AM Subject: Re: [virt-tools-list] Browse Local disabled on AddHardware->Filesystems UI To: Cole Robinson <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:crobinso@redhat.com">crobinso@redhat.com</a>> Cc: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:virt-tools-list@redhat.com">virt-tools-list@redhat.com</a> <div class="im">On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Cole Robinson <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:crobinso@redhat.com">crobinso@redhat.com</a>> wrote: > > > Is this a remote connection? If so, 'browse local' is disabled since we have > no way to show a file browser for the remote system. > > - Cole > </div> I started virt-manager without any connect URI, so it means local, in which case it makes sense to enable 'Browse Local' esp. for filesystem where we primarily support the VirtFS concept, which helps export a host filesystem to the guest. It would be very helpful to provide the ability to choose local fs path in such a case. </div> </blockquote> Any update on the above ? Does it make sense to see "Browse Local" enabled, in scenarios where the virt-manager is started on host itself ? </body> </html>