CentOS - Jan 2007 - Desktop link for NTFS .htm file type asks for run or display in CentOS 4.4

I created a desktop launcher whose type was a link and pointed to an 
NTFS file on a read-only ( ro ) partition. When I open the launcher it 
always asks me whether I want to display or run the file. Of course I 
want display it and when I click on that button it displays it in my 
browser, Firefox, correctly. It is neverthless onerous to constantly be 
asked and have to then click the correct display button rather than 
Gnome knowing to display it automatically.

This appears to be happening because the file on the NTFS has an 
executable permission set to it because the umask I used in /etc/fstab 
for the partition was 0222. However when I tried changing the umask to 
0333, in order to only have the read bit turned on, after rebooting an 
attempt to open the file from the launcher fails completely since 
nothing happens.

Is there a solution to this problem, or is this just the way Gnome works 
in regard to its launchers ?

Edward Diener musste am 06.01.2007 19:38 dies kund tun:
> I created a desktop launcher whose type was a link and pointed to an 
> NTFS file on a read-only ( ro ) partition. When I open the launcher it 
> always asks me whether I want to display or run the file. Of course I 
> want display it and when I click on that button it displays it in my 
> browser, Firefox, correctly. It is neverthless onerous to constantly be 
> asked and have to then click the correct display button rather than 
> Gnome knowing to display it automatically.
> 
> This appears to be happening because the file on the NTFS has an 
> executable permission set to it because the umask I used in /etc/fstab 
> for the partition was 0222. However when I tried changing the umask to 
> 0333, in order to only have the read bit turned on, after rebooting an 
> attempt to open the file from the launcher fails completely since 
> nothing happens.
> 
> Is there a solution to this problem, or is this just the way Gnome works 
> in regard to its launchers ?
I don't have a Linux Desktop in reach where I could test it, but I think it
should work when you make a launcher like "firefox /path/to/file".

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