That was it. The files in $KDEDIR/share/templates had the wrong settings.

I'll put 2.2-alpha2 on one of our lab systems and let you know if I see the
same thing.

- Milo Hyson
CyberLife Labs, LLC

-----Original Message-----
From: David Faure [mailto:david@mandrakesoft.com]
Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 6:50 AM
To: 27315@bugs.kde.org
Subject: Bug#27315: Read-only permissions assigned to all new links
(desktop or otherwise)


On Saturday 16 June 2001 16:18, milo@cyberlifelabs.com wrote:

> Package: kdesktop
> Version: KDE 2.1.1
> Severity: normal
> Installed from:    FreeBSD Ports
> Compiler:          gcc 2.95.2
> OS:                FreeBSD
> OS/Compiler notes: Not Specified
>
> When creating a new link, either by Create New or by drag-and-drop, it is
given permissions 444 -- read-only to everyone including the owner. In
addition, all contents of the link are empty (probably due to lack of write
permissions). I followed all of the advice I've seen from other similar
issues. I looked in my ~/Desktop/Templates folder and all files there have
the proper permissions (644, owned by me and my group).

That's not where the Templates come from anymore, they come from
$KDEDIR/share/templates.
Please check the permissions there.

> If I try to add write permissions using the Properties dialog, it whines
about not having write access and then goes ahead and does it. All is fine
after that.

Can you update to KDE-2.2-alpha2 to see if the problem is still there ?

--
Per his initials, God was simply a "Good Oop Developer".
-- Richard Bos

David FAURE, david@mandrakesoft.com, faure@kde.org
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