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Bug 142499 - Some desktop icons have a lock on them
Some desktop icons have a lock on them
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 141390
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Desktop
2.6.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-05-13 21:06 UTC by Eugenia Loli-Queru
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.5/2.6



Description Eugenia Loli-Queru 2004-05-13 21:06:30 UTC
Since I upgraded my well-behaved gnome 2.4.2 to gnome 2.6.1 (official 
slackware's packages) the "home" icon, the "computer" icon and the "Trash" 
icon have a little lock on them. Creating a new "system" icon (e.g. creating a 
link to my samba share) will also have this lock icon on it. Creating a 
launcher, or any other "non-system" shortcut on my desktop doesn't have the 
lock.

I can perfectly read/write to whatever is inside them, however I don't 
understand why the little lock icon addon is there. All the "regular" users 
have these locks on these icons, only the "root" user doesn't.

I emailed the Slackware guy about it, but he doesn't have a clue why this is 
happening, so I thought I file the bug upstream.
Comment 1 Eugenia Loli-Queru 2004-05-14 01:29:12 UTC
Apparently, it happens also on Dropline Gnome (as well as in my case, the 
Slackware-official version): http://www.dropline.net/forums/viewtopic.php?
t=2295
For these users, removing the user from the "root" Group fixes their problem. 
However, for me, it makes *all* nautilus icons use the generic "empty file" 
icon. So, this is a permission problem, any ideas what's causing it?
Comment 2 Sean Proctor 2004-05-15 03:12:30 UTC
I'm getting the same problem with the experimental GNOME 2.6 Debian packages.
This seems possibly related to bug 135088 which also has to do with weird
behavior with permissions. This only happens for me on the desktop. viewing in
the browser, there is no lock icon. Also if I open the properties dialog from
the desktop it says "You are not the owner, so you can't change these
permissions." at the bottom. If I open the properties dialog from the browser, I
do not get that message. this is the same behavior reported in bug 135088. Even
though it says I can't change the permissions, I can.
Comment 3 Martin Wehner 2004-05-16 01:41:38 UTC
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into
our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 141390 ***