[CLUE-Tech] Strange file changes

[Kurt Sturm]

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From: "Joe Linux" <joelinux at earthlink.net>
To: <clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us>
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 8:09 AM
Subject: Re: [CLUE-Tech] Strange file changes


> 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.

Thanks but my security is already set to high. Really not sure what is going
on but I am determined to get to the bottom of it. I will definitly do as
you suggested and make a back up copy of my work and rename it. This way the
"next" time it happens it will be easier to restore.


>
> 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?
> >
>
>
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