John, The default behavior for Nautilus when dragging/dropping files within the same filesystem is to Move it. I did a quick search in GConf and couldn't find any option to change this behavior, but I might have missed it.
Would instructing the students to right-click and "Copy", then "Paste" into the 'Drop' folder be too much? I know it seems like there should be a way to configure the drag/drop feature. As a sidenote, if the destination folder is on a different filesystem, the default behavior is to copy. Seems like all of this should be configurable in GConf. Cheers, Jordan/Lns John Hansen wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running Edubuntu 8.04 with LTSP. In /home, I have a "Drop" folder > (/home/Drop) that students have write only privileges to for dropping in > assignments for teachers to grade from the thin clients. Problem is, when > students transfer their projects into the Drop folder, the system does a file > move instead of a file copy. This moves the file from their directory which is > also in /home, leaving the student without a copy or backup. > > What do I need to change so that when a file is transferred from a students > home directory (/home/student), to the Drop folder (/home/Drop) a copy is > transferred and not just moved. > > Thanks, > > John > > ----------- > John Hansen > Director of IT > Cotter Schools > 1115 W. Broadway > Winona, MN 55987 > (507) 453-5000 ext. 5199 > [email protected] > > > -- Jordan Erickson Owner, Logical Networking Solutions http://www.logicalnetworking.net 707-636-5678 Latest LNS Blogs - http://blog.logicalnetworking.net My venture into "Virtual Fridays" University Makes iPods, iPhones Mandatory for Freshmen Google Gets Goats to Mow Lawn at Company Headquarters -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
