Is running a standalone browser in Ubuntu still limited user?
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Is xubuntu Palemoon's owner or just the user who ran the process? I can save a webpage to any media location & am wondering if standalone default is the same as running as root (ie, no security benefit).
My goal is to run a standalone browser as a limited user in a live session, & the only way I am sure of that is by copying the app to ram.
"Limited" just means a limited user, standard in Windows & default in an Ubuntu installation. If your current user does not have superuser privileges (without sudo), you are running as limited.
I am not trying to run as root but understand the current state. Is a standalone browser running as root or not?
I am running, as user xubuntu, a standalone browser that is not in the system but an external partition.
It’s running as the user that launched it. Why would you think otherwise?
unrestricted media access
How can a limited user app access any partition or folder?
I am in a non-Ubuntu distro running this browser as a limited user & when I try to save this webpage out of its restricted area it is automatically deleted.
*Nix systems are designed to keep you confined to your home directory without special privileges. This is a good thing, not a bad one. You are free to create directories most anywhere and use them as you please. The permissions system is quite granular. Ultimately though it's best to keep things in /home/"$USER" wherever possible.
With the
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xubuntu
user in your op post I'm assuming you are loading a live environment. That alone is problematic because you won't be able to store anything anyway. It will disappear on reboot.
Last edited by jmgibson1981; 04-08-2024 at 07:39 AM.
*Nix systems are designed to keep you confined to your home directory without special privileges. This is a good thing, not a bad one. You are free to create directories most anywhere and use them as you please. The permissions system is quite granular. Ultimately though it's best to keep things in /home/"$USER" wherever possible.
Not sure what *Nix is but the idea of using directories anywhere despite limited user status is what I have to get used to in Ubuntu, though admittedly that's the same as Windows.
I just started getting used to restricted access elsewhere.
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With the
Code:
xubuntu
user in your op post I'm assuming you are loading a live environment. That alone is problematic because you won't be able to store anything anyway. It will disappear on reboot.
Yes, and there is no problem, completely intentional for security. It just eats a lot of setup time each boot.
How can a limited user app access any partition or folder?
I am in a non-Ubuntu distro running this browser as a limited user & when I try to save this webpage out of its restricted area it is automatically deleted.
Your wording is confusing. There is no limited user, there is no unrestricted media access and in general it is working in a different way.
We have let's say regular users and root, nothing else. We have groups. Every file/dir has its own permissions to rule who (which user/group) is allowed to read/write it.
Also there is a restricted shell, which means a limited environment. We have also containers to encapsulate things and/or hide things.
Copying an app into RAM does not mean any kind of restriction or limitation.
Running a live section means a different approach again.
But first of all would be nice to know exactly what do you want to solve?
But first of all would be nice to know exactly what do you want to solve?
I want to run a browser out of the system, standalone, without the privileges of root, or to at least understand why a browser running as a regular user without admin privileges seems to run unrestricted. What is the difference between
I want to run a browser out of the system, standalone, without the privileges of root, or to at least understand why a browser running as a regular user without admin privileges seems to run unrestricted. What is the difference between
Code:
sudo firefox
= and =
firefox
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see man page, sudo means change user (to root) and run app (firefox)
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Originally Posted by JASlinux
I want to run a browser out of the system,
?
that is meaningless. How do you want to run anything without an OS? What do you mean by that?
Copying/relocate a file (executable) to anywhere does not solve or modify anything. It has no any impact on the execution.
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