Bug 7060

Summary:	install-server.desktop file no longer trusted by nautilus
Product:	ThinLinc	Reporter:	Pierre Ossman <ossman>
Component:	Server Installer	Assignee:	Samuel Mannehed <samuel>
Status:	CLOSED FIXED
Severity:	Normal	CC:	ossman, samuel
Priority:	P2	Keywords:	ossman_tester, prosaic
Version:	1.3.1
Target Milestone:	4.9.0
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Unknown
Acceptance Criteria:

Description Pierre Ossman cendio

2017-09-29 12:55:35 CEST

Nautilus has changed the way it considers a .desktop file to be "trusted" because of security concerns:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777991

This means that we don't get a nice icon or name when users first open the server bundle. Double-clicking the file however give a nice dialog warning the user about possibly unsafe software and asks if the file should be marked as trusted an proceed.

There doesn't seem to be any mechanism to get the file trusted out-of-box (per design). But do we need to reconsider the naming of the file now that it is the only thing the user sees?

Comment 1 Pierre Ossman cendio

2017-10-03 13:39:53 CEST

We've decided to change the file name to something that's easier to notice.

Comment 2 Samuel Mannehed cendio

2017-10-11 15:58:34 CEST

A few suggestions:

CLICK TO INSTALL.desktop
Click to Install.desktop
ThinLinc Server Installer.desktop
Install from File Manager.desktop

Comment 5 Samuel Mannehed cendio

2017-10-12 11:02:09 CEST

Name has been changed now.

Comment 6 Pierre Ossman cendio

2017-10-13 10:10:35 CEST

Apparently you only get the "Trust" button if the file is owned by the current user. Should hopefully be the case in the vast majority of uses though.

Comment 7 Pierre Ossman cendio

2017-10-13 10:47:55 CEST

Works well. Tested:

 - GNOME on Fedora 26
 - Xfce on Fedora 26
 - GNOME on RHEL 7
 - KDE on RHEL 7
 - Unity on Ubuntu 16.04
 - GNOME on RHEL 6

However the text in the file (and possibly others) still refer to the old name.

Comment 8 Pierre Ossman cendio

2017-10-13 10:48:49 CEST

Places referring to the old name:

> ./doc/bundle/server/README.txt.in:the "ThinLinc Server Installer" icon or run the script named
> ./installer/Click to Install.desktop:#      * Double click on the "ThinLinc Server Installer" icon, or run
> ./installer/install-server:#      * Double click on the "ThinLinc Server Installer" icon, or run

Comment 10 Samuel Mannehed cendio

2017-10-16 09:10:10 CEST

Fixed now.

Comment 11 Pierre Ossman cendio

2017-10-16 13:25:11 CEST

Looks good.