On 2/16/19, Serkan KURT <ssser...@yahoo.com> wrote: > How can some application and file types be set to default for all users? > For Debian 9, "/usr/share/applications/mimeapps.list" was the solution to > edit the file. The same method in Debian 8 version did not work.
Hi.. I *used* to try to do that when I first started... *breaking*... my Linux systems. I spent MANY HOURS changing file permissions so that *I* could access my own things here. Then I read somewhere that we should NOT do that because those permissions/ownerships have been set up that way to *protect* us and our machines. The method that exists today took all these long, hard years of development to intentionally get to the self-preservation point we're at right now. A different work-around: Maybe if you could describe what you're trying to do with your setup, someone here can help you find a different way to do the same thing that changing file ownerships does.. Afterthought: That security warning I read a LONG time ago also pointed specifically at things like.. do NOT add everyone to ALL groups to get things done, either. The reason for not doing that and/or manually changing file permissions is because both would then throw your computer's front door wide open to any hackers/crackers who might come a-knockin'. They would fall under that "everyone" category, too.... :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with birdseed *
