--- Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jun 13, 2002, 09:19 (+0200) Thomas Ribbrock wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 04:02:31PM +0100, Mike Martin wrote: > > > > > three line install of java > > > download and install java plugin from sun/ibm/blackdown > > > symlink plugin from jre blah blah/plugin/ to > /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins > > > start mozilla once as root, when it loads close down > > > > Why start it as root? I installed Java on my machine just using > the first > > two steps - until now I have never started Mozilla as root, but > Java does > > work. > > I *think* I understand now what Mike means: first this excerpt from > a > Mozilla README: > > ############################################################## > Linux Installation Instructions > ------------------------------- > > Note: If you install in the default directory (which is > usually /usr/local/mozilla), or any other directory where > only the root user normally has write-access, you must > start Mozilla first as root before other users can start > the program. Doing so generates a set of files required > for later use by other users. > ############################################################# > > The point is: I didn't install Mozilla there but instead in a > /home/user directory, where, as it seems, you actually do not need > to > run Mozilla as root at least once .. :) > > So yes, according to this README, Mike is right ... I think we > simply > were talking of different things, perhaps even of different Mozilla > sources, and therefore probably our different install approaches > ... > > But perhaps I'll install Mozilla next time in this /usr/local/ > folder > and see what happens (perhaps Mozilla is even getting a bit faster > this way ... <ho-ho> ... :) (although, as I wrote some time ago, it > actually *seems* to have become a bit faster even with the > /home/user > directory install ... > > Next time :) > Bye
I assumed the original poster was refering to mozilla installed from standard rpms, in which case everything goes into /usr, which of course only root can write to > Wolfgang > -- > New Key on: http://home.t-online.de/home/520050060325-0001/ > Key fingerprint = 2B4D FE85 924D 06CC 881D 2E8D 771F 0EDE 92F6 > DDFF > [created on 2002-06-11] > > http://www.geocities.com/wolfgangpfeiffer/ > > -- END TRANSMISSION -- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
