[Bio-Linux] Broken desktop links using redhat-config-users to create new user accounts

[Keith Jolley]

I've run into a small problem with creating new user accounts using
/usr/bin/redhat-config-users.  The desktop symlink to 'Bioinformatics
software manuals' is not replicated from /etc/skel properly, leading to a
broken link.  Listing the contents of the new user's .gnome-desktop
directory shows that there is junk data added to the symlink:

lrwxrwxrwx    1 keith    keith          46 Jan  5 15:07 Bioinformatics
software manuals -> /usr/software/documentation? ?? ??<?4?+?
-rw-r--r--    1 keith    keith         323 Jul 16 15:59 biolinux.desktop
-rw-r--r--    1 keith    keith         299 Jul 16 15:59 egtdc.desktop
-rwx------    1 keith    keith         135 Jan  5 15:21 keith's Home
-rw-r--r--    1 keith    keith        2523 Jan  5 15:21 starthere.desktop
-rw-r--r--    1 keith    keith         130 Jan  5 15:21 Wastebasket

Checking bugzilla suggests this is a problem with Redhat
(https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/long_list.cgi?buglist=98912)

Deleting and manually recreating the symlink cured the problem.

I thought this may be of use to someone.

Keith
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Dr. Keith Jolley
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University of Oxford
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