Public bug reported: Binary package hint: nautilus
when changing the permissions of a directory, the 'apply permissions to enclosed files' button had no effect. why? because (after much head scratching) the directory turned out to be a symlink to a directory. the button should either work (ie: follow the symlink and do its job) or be greyed out (or better yet tell you why it's not working). my preference would be to just follow the symlink and get on with it.. this is karmic, but also tested to fail on hardy, and presumably everything in between. ** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- "apply permissions to enclosed files" doesn't work with symlinks https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/495697 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs