Where is bookmarks.html, for the root account, supposed to be? I thought I had found it, and overwrote the file with the bookmarks file from the Windows partition, because I had been working in Windows for a while and had added bookmarks, but when I started Firefox in Linux (MEPIS), it showed the old set of bookmarks. I can only assume I overwrote a bookmarks file--a backup, perhaps--that is not being used. I know I could import the bookmarks from the file I copied from the Windows partition, but that's messy, because I have to delete many duplicate bookmarks. I'd rather overwrite an old file with a new one. The file I overwrote is root/mozilla/firefox/6bgttjil.default/bookmarks.html. Sorry if I typed that in the wrong format.

Doesn't firefox allow you to impost bookmarks? why don't you just use that?

Firstly, do you normally run firefox as root? If not then you need to update the bookmarks file for the user you login as. This would be in /home/<user>/.mozilla/firefox/<profile>

Bookmarks->Organize Bookmarks->File->Import

That's where that option is.

I assume Firefox is running as root, because I am logged in as root.

As for the people asking why I don't import bookmarks, I already saidwhy that's not my first choice: it's messy. The two sets of bookmarks are almost the same, so I have to delete many duplicate bookmarks when I import.

Not to scold or lecture, but running as root should only be done in limited, specific situations (eg, installing new packages, upgrading the kernel, etc) Running as root as a matter of habit is a poor idea due to the security risks, plus risks of destroying your data (ie, a simple recursive delete from the wrong directory can result in an unrecoverable system)

newbiesforever: Run firefox --profilemanager. Then create a new user and point that users profile to /root/.mozilla/firefox/6bgttjil.default/

Thank you, Jongi.