Mumia W.. wrote: > On 08/22/2007 10:19 PM, H.S. wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Can anybody suggest an easy method to put a link to a file on all >> current user's Gnome desktops? >> >> More specifically, I have a PDF instructions file I want to put a link >> to on all user's Gnome desktop on a machine. I also want to put the >> file on a central location, for example in /usr/local/docs. The links >> on desktops are good since any update to the file would not need the >> links to be updated as long as the name of the file remains the same. >> >> (Perhaps this is very much similar to the concept of All Users desktop >> in Windows XP.) >> >> So, any ideas? >> >> thanks, >> ->HS >> >> >> > > If I had any ideas, they would probably relate to files within > /usr/share such as /usr/share/gnome, /usr/share/gnome-2.0, > usr/share/gnome-2.2 and /usr/share/nautilus; however, I can find nothing > that defines the default desktop there. Perhaps you'll have better luck. > >
This seems to be promising: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Gnome_Desktop_Admin_Guide At least it introduces the workings of gconf. ->HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]