From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 1 16:49:00 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 123CC16A417 for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2008 16:49:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from mail.potentialtech.com (internet.potentialtech.com [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD28613C461 for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2008 16:48:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from vanquish.ws.pitbpa0.priv.collaborativefusion.com (pr40.pitbpa0.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.202]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2D45EBC3B; Fri, 1 Feb 2008 11:48:58 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 11:48:58 -0500 From: Bill Moran To: stevefranks@ieee.org Message-Id: <20080201114858.9e91b88e.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <539c60b90802010839m4c4b5bf0na1357fff967bbe17@mail.gmail.com> References: <539c60b90802010839m4c4b5bf0na1357fff967bbe17@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: User Questions Subject: Re: firefox only runs with 'sudo' X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:49:00 -0000 In response to "Steve Franks" : > Don't get it. I installed firefox from the package at > ftp4.us.freebsd.org like always (so I thought) but if I run 'firefox', > I get a prompt back, and no firefox, but if I run it as sudo, it comes > up fine. Where should I start fixing permissions at, do you think? I'm going to guess that your ~/.mozilla directory has incorrect ownership. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com