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[k4rizma]

I'm trying to create a script so that I dont have to manually configure my ubuntu machine each time I do a fresh install on new hardware. The remote desktop sharing default is setup to confirm each access to the machine. What config file does this use?

I tried toggling the options and cat out


~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/remote_access/%gconf.xml to see any changes made.

When I make changes to the other options like "show notification area icon" which changed values in the config file. I thought the following line would change when toggling for promting access but it hasn't.


<entry name="prompt_enabled" mtime="1362680456" type="bool" value="false"/>



Thoughts? help?

Thanks guys.

[steeldriver]

I'm not sure about this, but I suspect that since the move from gconf to dconf, the %gconf files just reflect info that's actually held in the dconf database (by default ~/.conf/dconf/user I think) and manual changes to the file maybe don't propagate back to the db - you could try writing directly to the dconf db instead



dconf write /desktop/gnome/remote-access/prompt-enabled false
dconf update


In fact it seems like the %gconf file lags any updates to the actual db:


$ grep prompt_enabled ~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/remote_access/%gconf.xml
<entry name="prompt_enabled" mtime="1362695685" type="bool" value="true"/>
$
$ dconf write /desktop/gnome/remote-access/prompt-enabled false
$ dconf update
$ dconf read /desktop/gnome/remote-access/prompt-enabled
false
$ grep prompt_enabled ~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/remote_access/%gconf.xml
<entry name="prompt_enabled" mtime="1362695685" type="bool" value="true"/>
$ grep prompt_enabled ~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/remote_access/%gconf.xml
<entry name="prompt_enabled" mtime="1362695685" type="bool" value="true"/>
$ grep prompt_enabled ~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/remote_access/%gconf.xml
<entry name="prompt_enabled" mtime="1362695685" type="bool" value="true"/>
$ grep prompt_enabled ~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/remote_access/%gconf.xml
<entry name="prompt_enabled" mtime="1362695685" type="bool" value="true"/>
$ grep prompt_enabled ~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/remote_access/%gconf.xml
<entry name="prompt_enabled" mtime="1362695685" type="bool" value="true"/>
$ grep prompt_enabled ~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/remote_access/%gconf.xml
<entry name="prompt_enabled" mtime="1362695796" type="bool" value="false"/>

[k4rizma]

Thanks for the reply!! Very helpful :)