Re: Frustration with Firefox extension update
From: Steve Lamb (grey_at_dmiyu.org)
Date: 12/30/04
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Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 04:36:47 -0800 To: Debian User <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> No doubt it's a permissions problem - so much with Linux
> is - but I can't figure out where Firefox keeps anything so that I
> could correct it.
Well, is it a global or local install of the extension? That does make a
difference on where Firefox is installing stuff.
> (An aside: why does Firefox use all these random
> strings for profiles and extensions, etc.? Security through
> obscurity? It makes for a very unpleasant enduser experience, at
> least for someone used to getting under the hood and editing config
> files.)
One would presume that if someone is used to getting under the hood and
editing config files one is well versed in the use of find and grep. Besides
on the Linux side of things Firefox only installs one profile per user in each
user's home directory. With only one random string to work with it's
generally easy to know which profile goes with which home directory. ;)
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