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Re: Installing / applying Mozilla themes?



on Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 04:03:11PM -0900, Ethan Benson (erbenson@alaska.net) wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 02:33:44PM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> 
> > What user are you running Mozilla as?  root?  If not, did you change
> > permissions on /usr/lib/mozilla/chrome?
> > 
> > In my case, I did the following:
> > 
> >   - I added a group 'mozchrome' to the system.
> >   - I did a recursive modification to groups and privs to /usr/lib/mozilla
> >     changing the group to 'mozchrome' and adding group write privs.
> >   - I added my standard userid to the 'mozchrome' group.
> > 
> > This apparently allows me to add new chromes under Mozilla.  It is
> > bassfuckingackwards as hell.
> 
> its a security hole.  
> 
> you can however install the chrome files manually as root, 

****HOW****?

This has been my specific question and nit.  I can't find a means (other
than "opening" the archive file in Mozilla or selecting the "install
themes" dialog, again, within Mozilla, for installing themes.  In
particular, I'd like a command line method.

> then run the mozilla postinst script
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/mozilla.postinst which will regenerate the
> [windows] registry.  then the chrome will be known by mozilla and you
> need not run it as root or unsecure your system to run mozilla
> 
> you have to do this for the psm install, see
> /usr/share/doc/mozilla/psm-helper for info on the registry
> regeneration.   


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