Oops. Ubuntu, sudo and Firefox Profiles

[Scott Elcomb]

Hi all,

After reading the /. story[1] on Pyro[2] (whose server is now on the
blink, try using [3]) I wanted to take a peek at what potential there
was in combining it with Atomic OS.

Following the instructions on their site, I started a second XServer,
and went to setup a seperate Firefox profile for testing Pyro with.

(I've joined their mailing list with the intention of providing them
with feedback about my experiences.  Hopefully that'll save others
some pain down the road...)

Firefox wouldn't let me run with the -ProfileManager switch unless I
was root (couldn't access screen :0.0), so I went ahead and did it as
root using sudo su.

Looks like I've killed all my bookmarks.  I can live with it and
eventually rebuild.  What's driving me nuts though is that I can no
longer run Firefox without being root.

I'm sure it's a relatively easy fix, but I'm not sure just how to do
it.  Any pointers would be most welcome.

Also, if it's possible to restore the default profile (with and/or
it's extensions, bookmarks, and history) that would be tremendous.

If it matters at all, the box in question is running Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft.

TIA.
- Scott.

[1] http://slashdot.org/articles/07/07/22/1247210.shtml
[2] http://pyrodesktop.org/
[3] http://www.pyrodesktop.org.nyud.net:8080/Main_Page

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