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Date:      Wed, 02 Feb 2011 07:51:27 -0800
From:      Rem P Roberti <remegius@comcast.net>
To:        RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Opening Opera as user
Message-ID:  <4D497D7F.80505@comcast.net>
In-Reply-To: <20110202104926.2c2a0f2f@gumby.homeunix.com>
References:  <4D48BEC7.4030705@comcast.net> <20110202104926.2c2a0f2f@gumby.homeunix.com>

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>> I installed linux-opera, and I guess I made a mistake by opening it
>> the first time as root, when I should have opened as user.  At any
>> rate, I can now only open the browser as root, and when I do I get
>> this message:
>>
>> opera: $HOME set to /root. Use -personaldir if you do not want to use
>> /root/.opera/
>>
> Don't focus on this because you shouldn't be running it as root at all.
> What actually happens when you try to run it as an normal user?

Nothing.  No error messages.  The program will simply not open at all if 
I try to do so as user.

Rem



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