Ran Firefox as root, now can't run as user!

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Ran Firefox as root, now can't run as user!

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01-13-2007, 01:49 AM	#1
mazinoz Member Registered: Mar 2003 Location: Mansfield Queensland Australia Distribution: Linux Mint - Tara Posts: 497 Rep:	Ran Firefox as root, now can't run as user! I made a mistake and accidentally ran firefox as root. Now I cannot seem to run it as a user in spite of changing permissions, and attributes. Does anyone know how to fix this??

01-13-2007, 03:16 AM	#2
Hitboxx Senior Member Registered: Mar 2006 Location: India Distribution: Fedora Posts: 1,562 Blog Entries: 3 Rep:	Maybe try creating a new user and see if you get the same problem.

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