Public bug reported: Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) Severity: Normal Priority: (none set) Status: Unconfirmed
Description: 1. Open nautilus 2. Go to a directory where the user only has read access, not write access (e.g. /usr/share/example-content) 3. Try and drag and drop a file onto the desktop Expected Result: Nautilus copies the file only the desktop Actual Result: Nautilus tries to move the file, and returns an error about permissions Matt -- nautilus tries to move when dragging and dropping from read-only folders, instead of copying https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/39482 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs