Robert Moonen wrote: > Bjørge Solli wrote: >> System: Fedora 7 x86, Gnome 2.18.3. >> >> Please let me know if this Q is more suited for a fedora list. >> >> when opening the attached ASCII-file, prod.mod, nautilus complains: >> --- >> The filename "prod.mod" indicates that this file is of type "Amiga >> SoundTracker audio". The contents of the file indicate that the file >> is of type "plain text document". 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 "plain text document", then open the file >> normally. Alternatively, use the Open With menu to choose a specific >> application for the file. >> --- >> >> Even if I use Properties, Open with, and selects a text editor as >> default it still won't open if I double click it. >> >> Any ideas? >> > Don't open it, save it to disk, execute the mv command, as so: > > bjørge@machine-name:~$ mv prod.mod prod.txt > > or so then open it with your favourite text editor. > that sounds like a strange way to solve it since .mod is the correct suffix for this type of ASCII-file. Why can it not open it if it ends in .mod when I want it to do that? I do understand what the text says, but I know opening this file is not a security risk. This "security measure" seems very dumb and I would like to remove it. Regards Bjørge _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
