[ale] Nautilus Craziness

[james at sumners.ath.cx]

As far as I know, it is impossible to disable this. It can be highly
annoying but I see the reasoning behind it. Take an asf file and rename
the extension to .avi. Then try to open the file as you have done with
the bookmarks file. You will get the same error but it will tell you
that the file is really an asf file instead of an avi and will refuse to
open the file with the default applicaiton without you going through an
extra step. This is an effort to prevent people from unknowingly
executing a malicious file when they think it is a file of a different
type.

On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 10:46:58AM -0500, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> Nautilus does somethings good and other things poorly.  Here is an
> example of one of the most idiotic errors that it gives when you
> double-click on bookmarks.html (netscape/mozilla/firefox file)
> 
> ---------------------------------
> The filename "bookmarks.html" indicates that this file is of type "HTML
> page". The contents of the file indicate that the file is of type
> "Mozilla bookmarks". If you open this file, the file might present a
> security risk to your system.
> 
> Do not open the file unless you created the file yourself, or received
> the file from a trusted source. To open the file, rename the file to the
> correct extension for "Mozilla bookmarks", then open the file normally.
> Alternatively, use the Open With menu to choose a specific application
> for the file. 
> ---------------------------------
> 
> Anybody know how to disable this "security" warning?

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