Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: nautilus
Hardy Alpha 5
nautilus 1:2.21.91-0ubuntu3
When accessing a network share via the Alt-F2 run dialog using
smb://server/share a desktop icon is created for the network share if
that share requires authentication.
When browsing after connecting via smb://server no icon is created.
After entering a shared folder that requires authentication a desktop
icon is created for the share, returning to smb://server and entering
another share that requires authentication creates another icon on the
desktop.
After creating two network shares that do not require authentication I
have confirmed that the desktop icon for the un-authenticated share is
also created for each share on the server.
A desktop icon is also created when accessing the same shares by IP
rather than the servers windows hostname.
I cannot confirm this behaviour when accessing sftp/ssh servers as this
functionality currently appears to be broken.
This feature may be useful for those who access a few shares regularly
however I access a large number of smb network servers on a daily basis
each with a significant number of shares and creating a desktop icon for
each share that I access quickly clutters the desktop often covering
other more important icons and is more of a hindrance than a help as
only a small number of these servers are accessed with any regularity
and 'unmounting' sledom accessed shares quickly becomes annoying. As
such I would like the option to disable the automatic creation of these
desktop icons for accessed shares. Perhaps this option could be
implemented through the use of an associated gconf key or the old
behaviour reimplemented such that these 'shortcut' icons are only
created when the connect to server option is used from the Places menu
or associated gnome panel applet rather than for every share accessed
via nautilus.
It seems, although I cannot be sure, that this functionality may have
introduced an additional delay when accessing authenticated shares as I
received the dialog Opening 'Share' you can cancel this operation...
Once again I cannot be sure that this is associated with the new default
behaviour of adding the desktop shortcut.
** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Option to disable creation of desktop icons for network shares accessed through
nautilus
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/194982
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