On 20Jun2009 21:34, Erik P. Olsen <epodata@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: | It turned out to be a permission problem with prefs.js. For some reason the | ownership had been changed to root:root with mode bits 600. Changing it back | to userID:userID and 644 solved the problem. But why it had been changed | root ownership is a mystery to me. Almost certainly you started firefox as root, probably with $HOME set to your own home dir. Do you use the "su" or "sudo" commands much? -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Do not underestimate your abilities. That is your boss's job. It is your job to find ways around your boss's roadblocks. - Glen Appleby <glena@xxxxxxxxxx> http://www.armory.com/~glena/ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines