Re: xpi install failure
Andrew Schultz <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.mozilla.devel.unix |
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| Organization | Another Netscape Collabra Server User |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
John Thompson wrote: > On 2004-10-02, CarlosRivera <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>Why does one need to install firefox (or mozilla) as root or with root >>type permissions? This is a problem for folks that don't have root >>access. It also weakens the security of the OS. > > > The default installation directory (/usr/local) should only be writable by > root in a well-maintained system. If you're going to install FireFox in > the default location, you will need root access to do so. Actually, the default installation directory is the directory the installer is in (not that that's what it should be...) -- Andrew Schultz [email protected] http://www.sens.buffalo.edu/~ajs42/