Firefox Developer Edition only updates/runs on one accountFirefox 4 and Firefox 3.6, users cannot start Firefox 3.6Strange update: “Safe and Easy Web Browser from Mozilla firefox”I can only install Firefox Developer EditionFirefox always crash on startup after last updatesHow to prevent Firefox updates per app version (preferences outside of profile folder)?Firefox Developer Edition fails to update itself automatically although the settings show I allowed it to automatically install updatesI maybe have 2 versions of Firefox, and i want to get rid of one of them
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Firefox Developer Edition only updates/runs on one account
Firefox 4 and Firefox 3.6, users cannot start Firefox 3.6Strange update: “Safe and Easy Web Browser from Mozilla firefox”I can only install Firefox Developer EditionFirefox always crash on startup after last updatesHow to prevent Firefox updates per app version (preferences outside of profile folder)?Firefox Developer Edition fails to update itself automatically although the settings show I allowed it to automatically install updatesI maybe have 2 versions of Firefox, and i want to get rid of one of them
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I have two users: A and B. I installed Firefox Dev Edition on Account A. When Firefox needs to update, it won't run on B until I log in as user A and start it, at which point it updates automatically. Then it will run for user B as well. How can I fix this? Both users are admins.
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I have two users: A and B. I installed Firefox Dev Edition on Account A. When Firefox needs to update, it won't run on B until I log in as user A and start it, at which point it updates automatically. Then it will run for user B as well. How can I fix this? Both users are admins.
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when you say "it won't run on B" are you referring to updates or to the application itself? (Does the application fail to launch under user B?) In either case this seems like a permissions issue if one user can do a task but not another. It would only take one file with an incorrect permission to halt a process that needs it. Since it's the dev edition it's not without reason that there may be a bug of this nature -- for example, User A installed the software and the installer generated a config file that is needed to run the updates and it is rw------- but should be rw-r--r--
– Nmath
Jun 6 at 18:36
The application won't run. That was my thought as well, but so far I haven't been able to find where the permission discrepancy is. Maybe someone's run into this before
– Artemmm
Jun 6 at 18:39
The stack trace shows a lot of permission errors but I can't track down what the cause is
– Artemmm
Jun 6 at 19:05
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I have two users: A and B. I installed Firefox Dev Edition on Account A. When Firefox needs to update, it won't run on B until I log in as user A and start it, at which point it updates automatically. Then it will run for user B as well. How can I fix this? Both users are admins.
updates firefox sudo
asked Jun 6 at 18:25
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I have two users: A and B. I installed Firefox Dev Edition on Account A. When Firefox needs to update, it won't run on B until I log in as user A and start it, at which point it updates automatically. Then it will run for user B as well. How can I fix this? Both users are admins.
updates firefox sudo
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when you say "it won't run on B" are you referring to updates or to the application itself? (Does the application fail to launch under user B?) In either case this seems like a permissions issue if one user can do a task but not another. It would only take one file with an incorrect permission to halt a process that needs it. Since it's the dev edition it's not without reason that there may be a bug of this nature -- for example, User A installed the software and the installer generated a config file that is needed to run the updates and it is rw------- but should be rw-r--r--
– Nmath
Jun 6 at 18:36
The application won't run. That was my thought as well, but so far I haven't been able to find where the permission discrepancy is. Maybe someone's run into this before
– Artemmm
Jun 6 at 18:39
The stack trace shows a lot of permission errors but I can't track down what the cause is
– Artemmm
Jun 6 at 19:05
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when you say "it won't run on B" are you referring to updates or to the application itself? (Does the application fail to launch under user B?) In either case this seems like a permissions issue if one user can do a task but not another. It would only take one file with an incorrect permission to halt a process that needs it. Since it's the dev edition it's not without reason that there may be a bug of this nature -- for example, User A installed the software and the installer generated a config file that is needed to run the updates and it is rw------- but should be rw-r--r--
– Nmath
Jun 6 at 18:36
The application won't run. That was my thought as well, but so far I haven't been able to find where the permission discrepancy is. Maybe someone's run into this before
– Artemmm
Jun 6 at 18:39
The stack trace shows a lot of permission errors but I can't track down what the cause is
– Artemmm
Jun 6 at 19:05
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when you say "it won't run on B" are you referring to updates or to the application itself? (Does the application fail to launch under user B?) In either case this seems like a permissions issue if one user can do a task but not another. It would only take one file with an incorrect permission to halt a process that needs it. Since it's the dev edition it's not without reason that there may be a bug of this nature -- for example, User A installed the software and the installer generated a config file that is needed to run the updates and it is rw------- but should be rw-r--r--
– Nmath
Jun 6 at 18:36
when you say "it won't run on B" are you referring to updates or to the application itself? (Does the application fail to launch under user B?) In either case this seems like a permissions issue if one user can do a task but not another. It would only take one file with an incorrect permission to halt a process that needs it. Since it's the dev edition it's not without reason that there may be a bug of this nature -- for example, User A installed the software and the installer generated a config file that is needed to run the updates and it is rw------- but should be rw-r--r--
– Nmath
Jun 6 at 18:36
The application won't run. That was my thought as well, but so far I haven't been able to find where the permission discrepancy is. Maybe someone's run into this before
– Artemmm
Jun 6 at 18:39
The application won't run. That was my thought as well, but so far I haven't been able to find where the permission discrepancy is. Maybe someone's run into this before
– Artemmm
Jun 6 at 18:39
The stack trace shows a lot of permission errors but I can't track down what the cause is
– Artemmm
Jun 6 at 19:05
The stack trace shows a lot of permission errors but I can't track down what the cause is
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Changing the ownership of update files and firefox binary and some group permissions solved the problem. My mistake was I was looking at the permissions of a symlink.
Looking at the permissions in /opt/firefox, the installer had configured everything as userA userA.
Edit: the problem persists.
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Changing the ownership of update files and firefox binary and some group permissions solved the problem. My mistake was I was looking at the permissions of a symlink.
Looking at the permissions in /opt/firefox, the installer had configured everything as userA userA.
Edit: the problem persists.
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Changing the ownership of update files and firefox binary and some group permissions solved the problem. My mistake was I was looking at the permissions of a symlink.
Looking at the permissions in /opt/firefox, the installer had configured everything as userA userA.
Edit: the problem persists.
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Changing the ownership of update files and firefox binary and some group permissions solved the problem. My mistake was I was looking at the permissions of a symlink.
Looking at the permissions in /opt/firefox, the installer had configured everything as userA userA.
Edit: the problem persists.
answered Jun 7 at 17:27
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Changing the ownership of update files and firefox binary and some group permissions solved the problem. My mistake was I was looking at the permissions of a symlink.
Looking at the permissions in /opt/firefox, the installer had configured everything as userA userA.
Edit: the problem persists.
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when you say "it won't run on B" are you referring to updates or to the application itself? (Does the application fail to launch under user B?) In either case this seems like a permissions issue if one user can do a task but not another. It would only take one file with an incorrect permission to halt a process that needs it. Since it's the dev edition it's not without reason that there may be a bug of this nature -- for example, User A installed the software and the installer generated a config file that is needed to run the updates and it is rw------- but should be rw-r--r--
– Nmath
Jun 6 at 18:36
The application won't run. That was my thought as well, but so far I haven't been able to find where the permission discrepancy is. Maybe someone's run into this before
– Artemmm
Jun 6 at 18:39
The stack trace shows a lot of permission errors but I can't track down what the cause is
– Artemmm
Jun 6 at 19:05