<SOLVED> Can't run firefox as a regular user.

cynicalpsycho · 12-26-2009, 10:12 AM

---------------------Solution-------------------------------------

Code:

sudo chown -R cynicalpsycho /home/cynicalpsycho/.mozilla

I had failed to insure that /home/user/.mozilla owner was me instead of root, once I changed the owner of that directory, my firefox booted up without a problem.

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what gives, i just setup a new arch system. if i need to run a program from the terminal ie. firefox, I've got to sudo or switch into root before I can run them... what's the problem here?

cynicalpsycho · 12-26-2009, 10:15 AM

...eh, trying to change the permisions in /usr/bin

~sHyLoCk~ · 12-26-2009, 10:15 AM

Your groups maybe? What's the o/p of:

Quote:

groups $USER
ls -la ~/.mozilla

dracofhc · 12-26-2009, 10:22 AM

Two options come to mind right off the bat. First, firefox isn't in your $PATH as regular user, second you don't have execute permissions on firefox.

Open up a terminal then:

Code:

$ su
# whereis firefox

This will tell you where the firefox binary is (in my case it's /usr/bin/firefox). Now ls -l on that path and check the permissions line to make sure that all users have execute permission. In my case:

Code:

# ls -l /usr/bin/firefox
 -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 4715 2009-12-16 11:25 /usr/bin/firefox

You need to make sure that the last three are set to r-x. If not, run:

Code:

# chmod 755 /usr/bin/firefox

Second theory is that it's not in your current path. Run:

Code:

echo $PATH

and check to make sure that the location (/usr/bin) is listed in that output. If not you need to add it: (as user)

Code:

$ PATH=/usr/bin/:$PATH
$ export PATH

Then you need to add those lines to the appropriate set up file (like ~/.profile) depending on your shell.

dreamwalking · 12-26-2009, 10:30 AM

What about the permissions in your /home/user/.mozilla/firefox?

repo · 12-26-2009, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cynicalpsycho

what gives, i just setup a new arch system. if i need to run a program from the terminal ie. firefox, I've got to sudo or switch into root before I can run them... what's the problem here?

A good start would be to post the command you use, and the error messages you receive.

cynicalpsycho · 12-26-2009, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ~sHyLoCk~

Your groups maybe? What's the o/p of:

groups cynicalpsycho:

Code:

lp wheel video audio optical sorage power cynicalpscyho

ls -la ~/.mozilla

Code:

total 16
drwx------ 4 root        root
drwx------ 13 cynicalpsycho cyncalpsycho
drwx------ 3 root        root

cynicalpsycho · 12-26-2009, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dracofhc

Two options come to mind right off the bat. First, firefox isn't in your $PATH as regular user, second you don't have execute permissions on firefox.

Open up a terminal then:

Code:

$ su
# whereis firefox

This will tell you where the firefox binary is (in my case it's /usr/bin/firefox). Now ls -l on that path and check the permissions line to make sure that all users have execute permission. In my case:

Code:

# ls -l /usr/bin/firefox
 -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 4715 2009-12-16 11:25 /usr/bin/firefox

You need to make sure that the last three are set to r-x. If not, run:

Code:

# chmod 755 /usr/bin/firefox

Second theory is that it's not in your current path. Run:

Code:

echo $PATH

and check to make sure that the location (/usr/bin) is listed in that output. If not you need to add it: (as user)

Code:

$ PATH=/usr/bin/:$PATH
$ export PATH

Then you need to add those lines to the appropriate set up file (like ~/.profile) depending on your shell.

Hmmm, I tried both of your suggestions.
echo $PATH shows:
/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin...etc

and ls -l /usr/bin/firefox shows:
lrwx-rwx-rwx 1 root root 28 dec 16 07:21 /usr/bin/firefox -> /usr/lib/firefox-3.5/firefox

cynicalpsycho · 12-26-2009, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by repo

A good start would be to post the command you use, and the error messages you receive.

When i type:
firefox &
in the terminal it outputs:
[1] 1703

and fails to do anything else.

It's obvously a permissions problem as I have no trouble loading it if I sudo first. I'm still just not sure where the problem is.

repo · 12-26-2009, 11:49 AM

Quote:

When i type:
firefox &
in the terminal it outputs:
[1] 1703

try run

Code:

firefox

to see the errormessages

cynicalpsycho · 12-26-2009, 11:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreamwalking

What about the permissions in your /home/user/.mozilla/firefox?

well if you mean: /home/user/.mozilla/bin/firefox
I still show lrwx-rwx-rwx

cynicalpsycho · 12-26-2009, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by repo

try run

Code:

firefox

to see the errormessages

there is no error message... it jus brings me back to my prompt as if it had executed the command.

Code:

[cynicalpsycho@keystone]$ firefox
[cynicalpsycho@keystone]$

cynicalpsycho · 12-26-2009, 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreamwalking

What about the permissions in your /home/user/.mozilla/firefox?

actually you got it i think...
the problem was thatI didn't own that file...lol...
so yeah I did a chown and it works fine now, thanks