Just a thought. I installed VMware Server beta 2 and it needed root to work. It uses Firefox as root to launch VMware Infrastructure Web access to perform host and virtual machine configuration. I have noticed no problems and the file does regenerate upon starting up firefox. It is a text file only.
FYI -- firefox 1.4.99 upgrade still have compreg.dat, creates issue https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/30791 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs