Thanks for reply. several questions: On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 23:21:03 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote:
>> Has anyone successfully installed firefox extensions globally? I don't >> ... >> >> FYI, for a list of problems trying to do so, please refer to: >> >> http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=2398824#2398824 > > The global install option of firefox fails on Linux because Linux will not > let normal users install stuff in system directories. (/usr/lib/firefox/ > in this case) This is not a bug, it is a security feature. You can of > course make this directory writeable for the normal users (assuming you > have root on the machine) but I don't think that this is a good thing to > do. Why /usr/lib/firefox/, but not /usr/lib/firefox/extensions/? > The page you refer to has people trying to install extensions by running > the firefox extension installer as root. It goes without saying that > this is a really dumb idea. The code of some random, unknown, untrusted > extension author gets root privileges on their boxes. If you do things > like that you might as well stay with Windows. If even root fail to install, would normal user can (with the <whatever> directory made writeable)? thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
