On 07/15/04 11:05, Michael Lake wrote:I could not find any option in the preferences to tell it to install plugins into its own directory .firefix/plugins. I do not intend to login as root and install plugins.
Peter Hardy wrote:
A lot of extensions have the option of installing globally or in a user's home directory. It's a shame the search plugins don't. In fact, I think I'm going to go file a bug.
Too late! http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=123315
Oh thanks for looking that up. I read the bug thread and it looks like its being attended too as its a problem on Win2000 as well. Im surprised though that the developers expected that extensions would be installed as root. Given that mozilla has just had a potential exploit I'd hope that the Firefox and Moziila programmers are taking the security asepcts of plugins/extensions carefully. If they install in the users home area then damage is minimised if you download a trojan.
Mike -- Michael Lake Chemistry, Materials & Forensic Science, UTS Ph: 9514 1725 Fx: 9514 1460
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