Hi there,
Greetings ! I’m looking for a way to restrict the “Move To” also drag and drop options in the Nautilus file manager in GNOME on Linux. Specifically, I want to prevent users from moving files or directories using Nautilus, or at least prompt for authentication(root password) before doing so. Even tried with Polkit, nautilus basic custom extension but couldn’t get it done.
Is there a way to achieve this, Any guidance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
Hello Bennet,
You can change the permission of the folder where you want to restrict moving from “Create and Delete files” to “Access files”. This would not allow you to move files. If you need to apply that to all nested folders recursively, use “Change permissions for enclosed files…”.
Hi Khalid,
Thanks for your reply. In our case, our users work on newer projects as there will be new folders created often and our users use wacom tablets, so by mistake the files gets moved without intention. We need to restrict the move to option or just an authentication prompt
(root password) needed before triggering the move to option(mainly via drag and drop). Thanks in advance