mozex (was Re: Linux.ie as a Wiki (was Re: [ILUG]
AGM Annoucement))
Kenn Humborg
kenn at bluetree.ie
Fri Oct 1 16:47:22 IST 2004
> Did you run Forefox once as root after installing?
>
> There are some issues (or at least used to be) about creation of
> directories and system-wide config files. So it's a good idea to run
> Firefox once as root after installing it, before trying to run it as any
> other user.
See - this kind of requirement is just stupid. Running a webbrowser
as root is dangerous. WTF doesn't the installer (or the post-install
scripts in the RPM) do this stuff?
Later,
Kenn
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