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Date:      Fri, 1 Feb 2008 11:48:58 -0500
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
To:        stevefranks@ieee.org
Cc:        User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: firefox only runs with 'sudo'
Message-ID:  <20080201114858.9e91b88e.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
In-Reply-To: <539c60b90802010839m4c4b5bf0na1357fff967bbe17@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <539c60b90802010839m4c4b5bf0na1357fff967bbe17@mail.gmail.com>

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In response to "Steve Franks" <stevefranks@ieee.org>:

> 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



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