Re: creating desktop icons in users home dir

[Ben FrantzDale <bfrantzdale hmc edu>]

On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 08:44, Martin Buchan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Could anyone help me out with this.
> 
> I am trying to create 3 desktop entries which point to
> zip/floppy/cdrom drives.
> These have to be created for each user - home areas mounted via NFS
> 
> I have a script which when run will copy the files from a location
> and place them in my test users $HOME/.gnome-desktop
> 
> however, i want this script to be run when they log in through gdm. Can
> anyone tell me how to get my script executed at this point? Where
> should i call it from etc...
> 
> I have tried various ways such as /etc/X11/gdm/PreSession
> Tried searching for default gnome install files but cant seem to
> find them.
> 
> I would desparately appreciate some help on this.
> 

Why do these need to be created at login rather than just once?

Have you tried .login or .xinitrc or stuff in /etc/profile?

Also, doesn't Nautilus automatically load links to drives when they are
mounted?

--Ben