Re: Fresh Moz1.7 inst. nogo for all but root

I demand that Paul Landauer may or may not have written...

> I've got a brand new PC, a fresh install of SuSe 9.1, and I've downloaded
> and installed Mozilla 1.7.3.  I installed it to the default directory of
> /usr/local/mozilla.

All well and good so far...

> My problem is that no user can run it but root.  I check the file rights,
> comparing them to another computer I have, and the rights match.  I tried
> doing a chmod -R 777 * in the mozilla directory, and had the same results.

That's an *idiot* error. Do you *really* want any user to be able to modify
these files?

(Bleating "but I'm the only user" doesn't count. It's still wide open to
exploitation if, for example, something manages to get in via some
remotely-accessible hole in some 'net-using application.)

> When I run mozilla from the command prompt logged in as non-root I am
> simply returned to the command prompt with no error messages or anything.

'strace' is your friend.

> Anyone got a clue?

More than you, it seems, judging by that idiot error above... :-|

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