Subject: Re: update-menus, does it work? UPDATE 2 Date: Fri, May 14, 1999 at 03:53:16PM -0800
In reply to:Adam Shand Quoting Adam Shand([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > It may not be pretty or proper but it seems to work. Putting this is > > > either > > > ~/.menu/ or /etc/menu and running update-menus as a user or root causes > > > the > > > menu item to appear properly. Hope this helps. > > > > Right!! I found this out at 2 AM this morning! > > > > Two kudos tho, it works here in only /etc/menu or ~/.menu. It doesn't > > seem to work in /root/.menu. > > > > Checking the output of update-menus doesn't even indicate it even checks > > /root/.menu. So I have not been able to remove the netscape entries > > from Apps/net, yet. > > i was poking around here and found this in the man page for update-menus. > > ~/.menu/* > Menu files added by the user. (Isn't read if > root runs update-menus) > > so it looks like root isn't supposed to be able to do this. > I didn't read it like that. I thought it meant that if ~user/.menu had an item it wouldn't be picked up by root running update-menus. It never occured to me that it wouldn't allow root to do it for him/her self. Shades of RedHat, root isn't smart enough to run Netscape (because it's a Security issue) and just to rub it in he can't remove it from his X menu! -- Windows95 (noun): 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that can't stand 1 bit of competition. _______________________________________________________ Wayne T. Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>