Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 14:47:00 -0500 From: bsdlogical <kwlogical@bellsouth.net> To: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firefox user profiles stored in strange directories Message-ID: <439C8234.5020802@bellsouth.net> In-Reply-To: <op.s1kx47ge9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> References: <4398FA5D.2030601@bellsouth.net> <op.s1kx47ge9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>
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That did it, thanks! bsdlogical Jeremy Messenger wrote: > On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 21:30:37 -0600, bsdlogical > <kwlogical@bellsouth.net> wrote: > >> I've recently noticed that Firefox stores profiles (in the ~/.mozilla >> directory) under unreadable characters. At first glance I thought they >> were Unicode, and my terminal couldn't read them. However, attempts at >> reading them as Unicode characters have failed. The following is >> thedirectory hierarchy starting at ~/.mozilla: >> === >> bsdlogical@krypton$ ls -lahR .mozilla >> total 16 >> drwx------ 2 bsdlogical bsdlogical 512B Dec 8 22:18 ?d&( >> drwx------ 2 bsdlogical bsdlogical 512B Dec 8 22:18 ?d&(0?? >> drwx------ 2 bsdlogical bsdlogical 512B Dec 8 22:18 ?d&(p?? >> drwx------ 3 bsdlogical bsdlogical 512B Dec 8 22:18 ?d&(??? >> drwx------ 2 bsdlogical bsdlogical 512B Dec 8 22:18 ?d&(??? >> drwx------ 7 bsdlogical bsdlogical 512B Dec 8 22:18 . >> drwx------ 53 bsdlogical bsdlogical 3.5K Dec 8 22:18 .. >> >> .mozilla/?d&(: >> total 4 >> drwx------ 2 bsdlogical bsdlogical 512B Dec 8 22:18 . >> drwx------ 7 bsdlogical bsdlogical 512B Dec 8 22:18 .. >> >> .mozilla/?d&(0??: >> total 4 >> drwx------ 2 bsdlogical bsdlogical 512B Dec 8 22:18 . >> drwx------ 7 bsdlogical bsdlogical 512B Dec 8 22:18 .. >> -rw-r----- 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 0B Dec 8 22:18 console.log >> >> .mozilla/?d&(p??: >> total 6 >> drwx------ 2 bsdlogical bsdlogical 512B Dec 8 22:18 . >> drwx------ 7 bsdlogical bsdlogical 512B Dec 8 22:18 .. >> -rw-r----- 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 624B Dec 8 22:18 console.log >> >> .mozilla/?d&(???: >> total 6 >> drwx------ 3 bsdlogical bsdlogical 512B Dec 8 22:18 . >> drwx------ 7 bsdlogical bsdlogical 512B Dec 8 22:18 .. >> drwx------ 6 bsdlogical bsdlogical 1.0K Dec 8 22:20 >> 7mvpapea.default >> >> .mozilla/?d&(???/7mvpapea.default: >> total 1128 >> drwx------ 6 bsdlogical bsdlogical 1.0K Dec 8 22:20 . >> drwx------ 3 bsdlogical bsdlogical 512B Dec 8 22:18 .. >> -rw-r--r-- 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 0B Dec 8 22:18 .parentlock >> drwxr-xr-x 2 bsdlogical bsdlogical 512B Dec 8 22:18 Cache >> -rw-r--r-- 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 685K Dec 8 22:18 XUL.mfasl >> drwx------ 2 bsdlogical bsdlogical 512B Dec 8 22:18 bookmarkbackups >> -rw-r--r-- 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 16K Dec 8 22:18 bookmarks.html >> -rw------- 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 64K Dec 8 22:19 cert8.db >> drwxr-xr-x 2 bsdlogical bsdlogical 512B Dec 8 22:18 chrome >> -rw------- 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 97B Dec 8 22:18 >> compatibility.ini >> -rw-r--r-- 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 121K Dec 8 22:18 compreg.dat >> -rw------- 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 499B Dec 8 22:19 cookies.txt >> drwxr-xr-x 2 bsdlogical bsdlogical 512B Dec 8 22:18 extensions >> -rw-r--r-- 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 178B Dec 8 22:18 >> extensions.cache >> -rw-r--r-- 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 183B Dec 8 22:18 extensions.ini >> -rw-r--r-- 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 2.3K Dec 8 22:18 extensions.rdf >> -rw-r--r-- 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 207B Dec 8 22:20 formhistory.dat >> -rw-r--r-- 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 1.2K Dec 8 22:20 history.dat >> -rw------- 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 64K Dec 8 22:19 key3.db >> -rw-r--r-- 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 766B Dec 8 22:20 localstore.rdf >> lrwxr-xr-x 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 16B Dec 8 22:18 lock -> >> 127.0.0.1:+93065 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 287B Dec 8 22:18 mimeTypes.rdf >> -rw-r--r-- 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 479B Dec 8 22:18 prefs.js >> -rw-r--r-- 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 752B Dec 8 22:18 search.rdf >> -rw------- 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 64K Dec 8 22:18 secmod.db >> -rw-r--r-- 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 89K Dec 8 22:18 xpti.dat >> >> .mozilla/?d&(???/7mvpapea.default/Cache: >> total 134 >> drwxr-xr-x 2 bsdlogical bsdlogical 512B Dec 8 22:18 . >> drwx------ 6 bsdlogical bsdlogical 1.0K Dec 8 22:20 .. >> -rw------- 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 24K Dec 8 22:20 _CACHE_001_ >> -rw------- 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 28K Dec 8 22:20 _CACHE_002_ >> -rw------- 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 76K Dec 8 22:20 _CACHE_003_ >> -rw------- 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 276B Dec 8 22:19 _CACHE_MAP_ >> >> .mozilla/?d&(???/7mvpapea.default/bookmarkbackups: >> total 20 >> drwx------ 2 bsdlogical bsdlogical 512B Dec 8 22:18 . >> drwx------ 6 bsdlogical bsdlogical 1.0K Dec 8 22:20 .. >> -rw-r--r-- 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 16K Dec 8 22:18 >> bookmarks-2005-12-08.html >> >> .mozilla/?d&(???/7mvpapea.default/chrome: >> total 8 >> drwxr-xr-x 2 bsdlogical bsdlogical 512B Dec 8 22:18 . >> drwx------ 6 bsdlogical bsdlogical 1.0K Dec 8 22:20 .. >> -rw-r--r-- 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 1.1K Dec 8 22:18 >> userChrome-example.css >> -rw-r--r-- 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 663B Dec 8 22:18 >> userContent-example.css >> >> .mozilla/?d&(???/7mvpapea.default/extensions: >> total 4 >> drwxr-xr-x 2 bsdlogical bsdlogical 512B Dec 8 22:18 . >> drwx------ 6 bsdlogical bsdlogical 1.0K Dec 8 22:20 .. >> >> .mozilla/?d&(???: >> total 6 >> drwx------ 2 bsdlogical bsdlogical 512B Dec 8 22:18 . >> drwx------ 7 bsdlogical bsdlogical 512B Dec 8 22:18 .. >> -rw-r--r-- 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 34B Dec 8 22:18 profiles.ini >> === >> On another machine, the top of the hierarchy looks like this: >> === >> bsdlogical@argon$ ls -lah .mozilla >> total 12 >> drwxr-xr-x 4 bsdlogical bsdlogical 512B Nov 5 18:20 . >> drwxr-xr-x 60 bsdlogical bsdlogical 4.0K Dec 8 19:18 .. >> -rw-r--r-- 1 bsdlogical bsdlogical 335B Sep 5 13:25 appreg >> drwxr-xr-x 3 bsdlogical bsdlogical 512B Sep 5 13:25 firefox >> drwxr-xr-x 2 bsdlogical bsdlogical 512B Nov 5 18:20 plugins >> === >> This problem has occurred since version 1.0.4 or so. In addition, >> Firefox sometimes randomly creates a new profile. Besides being a minor >> annoyance (favorites and settings disappear), it is also unpredictable. >> === >> bsdlogical@krypton$ uname -a >> FreeBSD krypton.bsdlogical.com 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #2: Mon Jul >> 18 11:41:51 EDT 2005 >> root@krypton.bsdlogical.com:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/KRYPTON i386 >> === >> I'm using Firefox 1.5 at the moment (I haven't experienced the random >> creation of a new profile, but the strange characters still persist - >> even after forcing Firefox to regenerate the ~/.mozilla directory). Has >> anyone had such problems before? > > > Read the rest follow up in here: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-gnome/2005-November/012993.html > > > Cheers, > Mezz > >> -bsdlogical > > >
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