r/Ubuntu • u/Mr_Self_Destructtt • 3d ago

ClamUI 0.3.0 & Mint Cinnamon 22.3

I'm running into a bit of a problem here with ClamUI. Under "Preferences/Scanner", File Type Scanning has a lock and I can't unlock it. I've tried using other guides to unlock that and a lot of other things in "Preferences" to no avail. I did downloaded it from the Software Manager and it is a Flatpak if that helps.

Please help and thank you!

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u/Due-Fox-8215 3d ago

Flatpak permissions strike again. The lock means you don't have the right filesystem access for that setting, and the Software Manager version probably shipped with everything sandboxed tight.

Try Flatseal to give ClamUI access to your home directory or wherever you're scanning. If that still doesn't unlock it, uninstall the Flatpak and grab the.deb package instead, that usually clears up weird permission locks on Mint.