Hide public shortcuts in desktop without administrative privileges

Question

Why does the usage of

from unbound import ub_ctx,RR_TYPE_A,RR_CLASS_IN

causes

ImportError: No module named unbound

import os
from unbound import ub_ctx,RR_TYPE_A,RR_CLASS_IN

ctx = ub_ctx()
ctx.resolvconf("/etc/resolv.conf")
if (os.path.isfile("keys")):
        ctx.add_ta_file("keys") #read public keys for DNSSEC verification

status, result = ctx.resolve("www.nic.cz", RR_TYPE_A, RR_CLASS_IN)
if status == 0 and result.havedata:

    print "Result:", result.data.address_list

    if result.secure:
        print "Result is secure"
    elif result.bogus:
        print "Result is bogus"
    else:
        print "Result is insecure"

Solution 1

Yes you can. In administrator account right click on public desktop directory, security, select user (add if not displayed), edit permissions e.g. deny all rights. I will explain more if I find more time.

Solution 2

Considering the fact that it's a Public folder shared for everyone, any change by one user is going to reflect on all computers.

The only way to maintain what you want to do is as you suggested; on a per-user basis.

Comments

[unode]

My question is more on the aspect of if there is any way the user can hide/delete undesired icons even if they exist in the Public folder.

[paradd0x]

It's a shared folder, so there is no way to achieve what you want.

[unode]

I'm not trying to modify the shared folder behavior. I simply don't want the desktop to behave the way it does. I.e. displaying icons in the Public/Desktop folder without an option to disable this. I refuse to believe that there is no way around it. I'll clarify the question to reflect this.

[Klik]

The question asks how to do it without administrative privileges... I have the same question :P.