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Brian Ashe wrote:

>> Anyone know if Mozilla looks for a user plugins directory, as Netscape
>> did (.netscape/plugins)?  I can't find docs that mention such a
>> configuration.
>
>It doesn't (at least last time I checked).
>
>It was discussed on the Mozilla lists for a while, but I stopped reading 
>those a while ago, so I don't know if there was any progress. But the 
>discussions didn't look hopeful.
>
>A couple of workarounds are...
>
>1. You could make the mozilla plug-ins directory world writable (not a 
>preferred way to do it, I know). This is the common solution.

Not an option on a multiuser system, obviously.

>2. You could put "export NS600_PLUGIN_PATH=$HOME/.netscape/plugins" in your 
>.profile to have it look there instead. Better, except it requires you to 
>create links to the original plugins, not just the ones you want to add.

That would at least restore the ability of the user to add plugins 
without root access, which is very helpful.

Thank you ... -d

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