Download xdgutils packages for alpine, alt linux, arch linux, centos, debian, fedora, freebsd, kaos, mageia, netbsd, openmandriva, opensuse, pclinuxos, slackware. The project has created a set of standards that now underlie x desktop environments such as gnome, kde and many others. Gvfs tools and xdgutils in gnome red hat enterprise. You can subscribe to the list, or change your existing subscription, in the sections below. This package is known to build and work properly using an lfs9. Jiri horner discovered a way to cause xdgopen, a tool that automatically opens urls in a users preferred application, to execute arbitrary commands remotely. The way it works is that xdguserdirsupdate is run very early in the login phase. Though the users menu may explicitly merge the system wide one. The xdgutils package is a set of simple scripts that provide basic desktop integration functions for any free desktop.
The red hat customer portal delivers the knowledge, expertise, and guidance available through your red hat subscription. Third party software developers can rely on these xdg utils for all of their simple integration needs. Xdgutils download apk, deb, eopkg, rpm, tgz, txz, xz, zst. Download xdg utils packages for alpine, alt linux, arch linux, centos, debian, fedora, freebsd, kaos, mageia, netbsd, openmandriva, opensuse, pclinuxos, slackware. Gvfs tools and xdgutils in gnome red hat enterprise linux 7. If this is the case, you should probably just keep the old configuration.
Dependencies file which xorgxprop xorgxset exo optional for xfce support in xdgopen kdeclitools optional for kde plasma5 support in xdgopen pcmanfm optional for lxde support in xdgopen perlfilemimeinfo optional for generic support in xdgopen perlnetdbus optional perl extension to dbus used in xdgscreensaver perlx11protocol optional perl x11 protocol used. It was found that the x11perfcomp utility included the current working directory in its path environment variable. Xdg was an acronym for the x desktop group, which is now known as, but the label has remained. Maintainers for xdgutils are debian maintainers you might like to refer to the xdgutils package page, to the package tracking system, or to the source package src. The core x11 clients packages provide the xorgx11utils, xorgx11serverutils, and xorgx11apps clients that ship with the x window system. Xdgutils contains utilities for integrating applications with the desktop environment, regardless of which desktop environment is used. Presents a dialog when a user changes locales to help move they standard user directories to the correct names.
John houwer discovered a way to cause xdgopen, a tool that automatically opens urls in a users preferred application, to execute arbitrary commands remotely. If your company has an existing red hat account, your organization administrator can grant you access. The xdg utils package is a set of simple scripts that provide basic desktop integration functions for any free desktop. Openshell improve your productivity and user experience with open shell, a windows start menu alternative for. This package is known to build and work properly using an lfs7. Im new with ubuntu, and i read in another thread that to open a file in the default editor gedit for me, i need to run xdg open, but for. To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the xdg archives using xdg. Copy link quote reply contributor micove commented dec 8, 2014. If you also want to delete configuration andor data files of xdgutils from debian sid then.
Running x11perfcomp in an attackercontrolled directory would cause arbitrary code. If a file is provided the file will be opened in the preferred application for files of that type. An updated xdg utils package that fixes two bugs is now available for red hat enterprise linux 6. If you are a new customer, register now for access to product evaluations and purchasing capabilities. They are intended to provide a set of defacto standards. Moderate xorgx11serverutils security update an updated xorgx11serverutils package that fixes one security issue is now available for red hat enterprise linux 5 and 6.
Created attachment 262401 use xdgopen comment 2 matthias haase 20071214 15. The way it works is that xdguserdirsupdate1 is run very early in the login phase. Various specifications specify files and file formats. Gvfs ships with several commands that may come useful for scripting or testing.
Debian maintainers qa page, mail archive per olofsson nicholas guriev external resources. This is a bug feel free to open a bug report for this in debian. If you are using an lxde desktop environment, xdgopen opens file. Utilities to uniformly interface desktop environments. The type should always be used for doing this task, never rely on which or whereis example. The xdgutils package is a set of simple scripts that provide basic desktop integration functions for any free. To remove the xdgutils package and any other dependant package which are no longer needed from debian sid. First id identify all the versions of xdgopen that you have on your system. This sounds like your package database is screwed up. This specification defines where these files should be looked for by defining one or more base directories relative to which files should be located.
The xdgutils package is a set of simple scripts that provide basic desktop integration functions for any free desktop, such as linux. Introduction to xdgutils xdgutils is a a set of command line tools that assist applications with a variety of desktop integration tasks. Gvfs tools and xdg utils in gnome red hat enterprise linux 7 red hat customer portal. If a url is provided the url will be opened in the users preferred web browser.
Download xdgutils packages for alpine, alt linux, arch linux, centos, debian, fedora, freebsd, kaos, mageia, netbsd, openmandriva, opensuse. The red hat security response team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. The portland project is an initiative by aiming at easing the portability of application software between desktop environments and kernels by designing crossplatform apis and offering implementations thereof as libraries to independent software vendors isvs the project was taken to establish a greater foothold of linux and other unixlike operating systems in the desktop. It is required for linux standards base lsb conformance. Third party software developers can rely on these xdgutils for all of their simple integration needs. Why is xorgx11serverxvfb no longer available in red hat. Portland utils for crossplatformcrosstoolkitcrossdesktop interoperability. Ask the desktop environment to make application the default application for opening files of type mimetype. An application can be made the default for several file types by specifying multiple mimetypes. A collection of client utilities which can be used to query the x server for various information. The xdg utils package is a set of simple scripts that provide basic desktop integration functions for any free desktop, such as linux.