Re: [gnome-slackware]Desktop shortcuts?

[Bruce Robert Pocock <brpocock 10east com>]

On Wed, 2002-07-24 at 23:50, Nicolas Laplante wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-07-24 at 17:25, Bruce Robert Pocock wrote:
> 
> > One method is drag-from-menu. Or, symlink to the executable.
> 
> I tried this method to drag menu items on my desktop. It worked fine but
> I have a question:
> 
> Why do the resulting links on the desktop are owned by root? I can't
> rename them!
> 
"owned by root:" I don't know... is root the owner of your panel and/or
Nautilus process? On a remote chance, is your desktop folder suid root?

Renaming should work just as per other files, though, once you clear up
the permissions issue.