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. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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