Re: gnome-list Digest, Vol 63, Issue 14, Item 1

[Desmond Armstrong <desmond armstrong gmail com>]

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>    1. Disabling the padlock icon for read-only .desktop files (Calum)
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> Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:14:50 +0100
> From: Calum <caluml gmail com>
> Subject: Disabling the padlock icon for read-only .desktop files
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> Hello all,
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> I am locking down a desktop, and when the .desktop files for a user
> are made root:root 644, a padlock icon is shown by them.
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> I would like to avoid this, as it makes the desktop look more unfriendly.
> I have looked in GConf, but didn't find anything specific - however, I
> might not have looked in the right places.
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> Is there a way to disable the displaying of the padlock for icons?
>
> Calum
>
>   

This is very easy to deal with:-
Using a terminal window;

$ cd  /home/<user-name>
$su   <enter>
Password:  <type root password, <enter>>
# chown -R  <use-name>   Desktop  <enter>

and quit the terminal. Now the owner of that profile owns and has full 
rights to anything on the Desktop.