Re: Install firefox extensions globally

[T <mlist4suntong@yahoo.com>]

Thanks for reply. several questions:

On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 23:21:03 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote:

>> Has anyone successfully installed firefox extensions globally? I don't
>> ...
>> 
>> FYI, for a list of problems trying to do so, please refer to:
>> 
>> http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=2398824#2398824
> 
> The global install option of firefox fails on Linux because Linux will not
> let normal users install stuff in system directories. (/usr/lib/firefox/
> in this case) This is not a bug, it is a security feature. You can of
> course make this directory writeable for the normal users (assuming you
> have root on the machine) but I don't think that this is a good thing to
> do.

Why /usr/lib/firefox/, but not /usr/lib/firefox/extensions/?

> The page you refer to has people trying to install extensions by running
> the firefox extension installer as root. It goes without saying that
> this is a really dumb idea. The code of some random, unknown, untrusted
> extension author gets root privileges on their boxes. If you do things
> like that you might as well stay with Windows.

If even root fail to install, would normal user can (with the
<whatever> directory made writeable)?

thanks