Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 12:11:21 -0600 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: bsdlogical <kwlogical@bellsouth.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firefox user profiles stored in strange directories Message-ID: <op.s1kx47ge9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <4398FA5D.2030601@bellsouth.net> References: <4398FA5D.2030601@bellsouth.net>
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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 -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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