Re: disabling the rhn applet without removing it

[Stephen Walton <stephen walton csun edu>]

On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 06:28, Brian Long wrote:
> I believe a 'sed' statement on the rhn-applet.desktop file, changing the
> "Categories" line would remove it from the default environment.

This has come up many times before.  On CDE (which I had some experience
with on HP-UX systems), there are two directories:  /usr/dt/ contains
the vendor-supplied default files for desktop icons, menus, toolbar, and
the like.  To change the defaults on a system-wide basis, one copies the
appropriate file from /usr/dt into /etc/dt with the same name and
modifies it.  CDE checks /etc/dt first.  Customization without modifying
the vendor's files.

It seems to me this is primarily a Gnome and KDE issue, not a RedHat
one, however.

-- 
Stephen Walton <stephen walton csun edu>
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, CSU Northridge