Thanks Laura! Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 5, 2022, at 1:35 PM, Laura Conrad <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> >>>>>> "John" == John Abreau <[email protected]> writes: > > John> Just noticed this uread thread in my inbox. > John> The issue is firefox, and I imagine, other web browsers, won't follow > John> file:// urls from a web page; such urls work when entered directly > at the > John> address bar, but be ignored when placed within an html document. I > believe > John> it's a security measure intended to thwart cross-site scripting > attacks. > > This is probably a different html issue from the one I've been dealing > with. But I'll describe my problem and solution in case it helps > someone else. > > When I upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04LTS, firefox stopped displaying emails > from emacs. Emacs wrote a file like /tmp/<filename>, and firefox > couldn't access it. > > It turns out that 22.04 installs firefox from a snap, and snap programs > can't access /tmp files. (They claim to be able to access files in > /home, but I wasn't able to verify that.) > > The solution I'm using is the one described here: > <https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/04/how-to-install-firefox-deb-apt-ubuntu-22-04>. > > I had done something like this a few weeks ago, and when I sat down at > the computer this morning, after updating software without thinking, I > was back not being able to access the /tmp files. This version does > some pinning and adding instructions to unattended upgrades, that I > don't remember doing before, so maybe it won't "upgrade" me again. > > > -- > Laura (mailto:[email protected]) > (617) 661-8097 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139 > <http://www.laymusic.org/> <http://www.serpentpublications.org> > > Copyright law has abandoned its reason for being: to encourage > learning and the creation of new works. Instead, its principal > functions now are to preserve existing failed business models, to > suppress new business models and technologies, and to obtain, if > possible, enormous windfall profits from activity that not only causes > no harm, but which is beneficial to copyright owners. > > William Patry, in his farewell post on "The Patry Copyright Blog". > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
