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List:       mozilla-general
Subject:    Re: Mozilla as root :(
From:       Daniel Veditz <dveditz () netscape ! com>
Date:       2000-06-28 19:29:41
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At most mozilla might need write permission on the installation directory.
This is NOT the same as needing to be root unless you have a poorly
administered system.

There are a couple of bugs open about it needing write access at run time
that should eventually get fixed.

-Dan Veditz

Andras Barany wrote:
> 
> When I start Mozilla, I have to be root. I can't start it as a user,
> it doesn't print any error messages, it just stops loading:
> 
> ba@lisa:~ >mozilla
> nNCL: registering deferred (0)
> Profile Manager : Profile Wizard and Manager activites : Begin
> Profile Manager : Command Line Options : Begin
> Profile Manager : Command Line Options : End
> ProfileManager : GetProfileDir
> ProfileManager : GetProfileDir
> ~nsProfile
> 
> Does anyone know this problem?
> 
> Thanks
> --
> Andras Barany                ba@tud.at                  ICQ#17354362
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> It said "Windows9x, NT or better" .. so I installed GNU/Debian Linux
> "NSA KGB CIA nuclear conspiration war weapon spy agent... Hi Echelon!"

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