~/Pictures as necessary. Removing a set from the rotation is as simple
as removing a symlink.
-Barry
Steven Black wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 04:48:05PM +0000, Mark Krenz wrote:
>
>> So in the Pictures directory you may have a directory for family
>> pictures, one for pictures of airplanes, one for pictures of space and
>> so on. Just made all the directories mode 000 and then set the
>> directory that you are in the mood for to 755.
>>
>
> <gnome-bashing>
> While I do not doubt this is a very useful trick, in my mind this just
> helps reinforce the idea that the GNOME ultra-lack of preferences does
> nothing to actually increase the usability of GNOME or of Linux. It
> makes me glad to use KDE, where even the "blank" screensaver has a
> useful configuration option (the color to blank to).
> </gnome-bashing>
>
> I wanted to add that if you're inexperienced, playing with permissions
> can create problems. (Shoot, even knowledgeable, trained professionals
> sometimes seriously shoot themselves in the foot by playing with
> permissions.)
>
> It is one reason I think anyone using a primary group of 'users'
> for their user community needs to rethink things. It is easier to
> maintain security by using a umask of 002, using an individual
> primary group, and using g+s on folders containing shared-group
> content. (This is referred to as "User Private Groups (UPG)". See
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/1994/03/msg00105.html for why Debian
> made this the default for their distribution.)
>
> Any solution which doesn't involve changing permissions is generally
> better than one that does.
>
> Cheers,
>
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