[CLUE-Tech] Strange file changes

[Joe Linux]

The first thing to try is to change the security settings to "high" as I 
had problems with Mandrake 8.2 in the "standard" security settings.
The system would overwrite file systems  permissions  I set.  Next when 
you modify a menu file always back it up with a file with a somewhat 
different name that the system won't touch.

I think the problem is probably related to the fact that Mandrake has 
implemented a common menu system throughout all the various windowing 
managers.  Perhaps changing your security settings will inhibit the 
system from hijacking and terrorizing your work.

Kurt Sturm wrote:

>Hello all. I am running Mandrake 8.2 and I am using Enlightenment as my
>window manager. Well yesterday I went into the
>/etc/X11/enlightenment/menu file and added programs that before now I
>had to launch from the console. I was on as root used vi and edited the
>files. Worked like a charm. Then later in the day I came back and the
>shortcuts that I added to the menu were gone!! I went back and looked at
>the files and they were just as they were before I edited them!! What is
>going on here? I looked for backup files the system may be using and did
>not find anything. Any ideas?
>