Edward Diener musste am 06.01.2007 19:38 dies kund tun: > I created a desktop launcher whose type was a link and pointed to an > NTFS file on a read-only ( ro ) partition. When I open the launcher it > always asks me whether I want to display or run the file. Of course I > want display it and when I click on that button it displays it in my > browser, Firefox, correctly. It is neverthless onerous to constantly be > asked and have to then click the correct display button rather than > Gnome knowing to display it automatically. > > This appears to be happening because the file on the NTFS has an > executable permission set to it because the umask I used in /etc/fstab > for the partition was 0222. However when I tried changing the umask to > 0333, in order to only have the read bit turned on, after rebooting an > attempt to open the file from the launcher fails completely since > nothing happens. > > Is there a solution to this problem, or is this just the way Gnome works > in regard to its launchers ? I don't have a Linux Desktop in reach where I could test it, but I think it should work when you make a launcher like "firefox /path/to/file". Greets René -- GEEKCODE: GIT$ d- s+: a- C+++ UL++++$ P+ L++ E--- W+++ N+ !o K- w+ O- M-- V- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t++ 5++ X+ R tv+ b DI D++ G e+ h--- r++ y+++ PGP-Key and more available at http://www.standfest.net My Blog is at http://www.gaudidiecher.de