Hidden Directories - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 - DEPLOYMENT GUIDE 08-05-2008 Deployment Manual

10.9 Hidden Directories

The following table describes the hidden directories that the GNOME Desktop adds to
the home directories of users. A hidden directory is a directory that has a name that
begins with a period (.).
Table 10.14
Directory
.esd_auth
.gconf
.gconfd
.gnome
.gnome-desktop
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Hidden Directories Added to Users' Home Directories
Description
Contains the authentication cookie for the GNOME sound daemon,
the Enlightened Sound Daemon (ESD).
Contains the GConf configuration source for the user. When the
user sets a preference, the new preference information is added
to this location.
Contains the following GConf daemon details:
• Configuration information
• Lock information for objects that are referenced by an Inter-
operable Object Reference (IOR)
• State information for objects that are referenced by an IOR
Contains user-specific application data that is not stored in the
GConf repository. For example, this directory contains MIME
type information and session information for the user.
The Nautilus file manager contains a preference that enables users
to use the file manager to manage the desktop. If this option is
selected, this directory contains the following:
• Objects on the desktop (for example, the Home object, the
Trash object, and other launchers). The objects appear in the
directory as desktop entry files. For example, the
starthere.desktop file contains a link to the Start Here location.