Oops. Ubuntu, sudo and Firefox Profiles

[Scott Elcomb]

On 7/22/07, Jamon Camisso <jamon.camisso-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> sudo su will not change your path, so running as root will chown your
> .mozilla directory. Try using su - instead, or sudo -i works a well.

Ok, now I'm thoroughly confused.

I checked the permissions on my .mozilla folder.  They were normal.
Checked the perms on the executable.  Also normal.  Tried a reboot...

Now, I'm back to my original default profile, with all my bookmarks,
history, and extensions.  There's absolutely no sign of the two new
profiles I created earlier - the ones that seemed to have caused the
problem.

Any idea what's going on here?

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