Re: Nautilus, metadata and extendet attributes

[Xavier Bestel <xavier bestel free fr>]

Le ven 30/01/2004 à 09:34, Heinrich Rebehn a écrit :

> If the user decides to use "wrong" extensions, it's his decision, and if 
> the image viewer displays garbage because "pic.jpg" contains ascii, he 
> can use the file command to check what's wrong.

No. When files come from somewhere else, the user hasn't decided
anything. If nautilus does put your computer on fire when trying to
display "remote-location:///pic.jpg" because at the last moment it
decided it's an executable, the file command is completely useless.

Deciding on file extensions enables all sorts of mistakes and malicious
attacks, just open your eyes and look at the weekly Windows exploits.