On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:38:54AM +0100, Martin Pitt wrote: > Kees Cook [2010-01-12 10:19 -0800]: > > As part of implementing the "Execute-Permission Bit Required" policy[1], I > > need to make changes to a few MIME handlers and to the nautilus .desktop > > file handler. > > > > The main issue is that of the error message to produce, and I'm hoping to > > get some input for that from the Desktop team. > > I actually find the current error message text quite good. Keeping it > would also mean to not break all the existing translations. > > How about we just drop the "Start anyway" and "Mark as trustworthy" > (translated from German) buttons and replace it with a "Explain..." > button which pops up a message box with further text, or opens a web > browser with a wiki page?
Sure, that sounds good. For people upgrading from Hardy, I'm thinking we need to preserve the Start/Mark buttons when the .desktop has a ctime (marking a .desktop as executable doesn't change mtime) below a certain date; perhaps the release date of Karmic? For the Wiki, I've built: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/ExecutableBit Currently the mime-support patch points there, but "cautious-launcher" (for MIME handlers) needs to be translatable. -Kees -- Kees Cook Ubuntu Security Team -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
