This file is a link and does not have permissions just like every other .desktop file in Ubuntu. Notice that .desktop files do not have an "Open With" tab either.
The package desktop-file-utils takes care of creating these. If you look into one of these .desktop files, you will see that they are simply a link reference. This is an entry which is handled differently then other files in a desktop environment such as gnome & kde. When we examine the file we see it is an entry in a database. [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Encoding=UTF-8 Name=Link to Bug #214174 in Ubuntu: “Link - Properties - Permissions, bad info? ” Type=Link URL=https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/214174 Icon=gnome-fs-bookmark And when you open the file, you are blocked from opening it with a text editor (unless you do it command line). All this is intentional action for this type of .desktop file. ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Invalid -- Link - Properties - Permissions, bad info? https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/214174 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
