215366 - Registry permissions don't allow unprivileged users to run Mozilla

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: Installer, defect)

Description

[Karl Kowallis]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624

After installing Mozilla as local Administrator the browser started fine for
Administrator User. When logging in as a Power User Mozilla would not open. 

Comparing Regmon logs for the two users led to the registry key access denied for 
HKLM\SOFTWARE\mozilla.org\GRE\1.4f_2003062408 
which had full permissions for members of the Administrators group and SYSTEM.
No other groups had any read permissions.

Adding a read entry to the HKLM\SOFTWARE\mozilla.org for everyone solved the
problem and allowed normal users to run Mozilla.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install Mozilla on W2k SP4 with a browser only install as Administrator
2.Run Mozilla as no administrator user
3.

Actual Results:  
When running as non-administrator process starts and then immediately exits.

Expected Results:  
Mozilla should have started.

When running as "Power User"
155	9.79461222	mozilla.exe:784	QueryValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock2\Parameters\Ws2_32NumHandleBuckets
NOTFOUND		
156	9.79469268	mozilla.exe:784	CloseKey
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock2\Parameters	SUCCESS	Key: 0xE23F8660	
157	9.79536735	mozilla.exe:784	OpenKey
HKLM\Software\mozilla.org\GRE\1.4f_2003062408	ACCDENIED	Access: 0x1
TEANCUM\kowallis	
158	9.80144773	mozilla.exe:784	CloseKey	HKCU\CLSID	SUCCESS	Key: 0xE2AE3280	
159	9.80152567	mozilla.exe:784	CloseKey
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer	SUCCESS	Key: 0xE2CF1320	
160	9.80485291	mozilla.exe:784	CloseKey	HKLM	SUCCESS	Key: 0xE2A73E60	
161	9.80493672	mozilla.exe:784	CloseKey	HKCU	SUCCESS	Key: 0xE2D05B80	
162	9.80498700	mozilla.exe:784	CloseKey	HKCU	SUCCESS	Key: 0xE23BDB00	

When running as Administrator
155	3.90054158	mozilla.exe:420	QueryValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock2\Parameters\Ws2_32NumHandleBuckets
NOTFOUND		
156	3.90062036	mozilla.exe:420	CloseKey
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock2\Parameters	SUCCESS	Key: 0xE13E7CE0	
157	3.90098744	mozilla.exe:420	OpenKey
HKLM\Software\mozilla.org\GRE\1.4f_2003062408	SUCCESS	Key: 0xE2BAD2C0	
158	3.90105952	mozilla.exe:420	QueryValue
HKLM\Software\mozilla.org\GRE\1.4f_2003062408\GreHome	SUCCESS	"C:\Program
Files\Common Files\mozilla.org\GRE\1.4f_2003062408"	
159	3.90112238	mozilla.exe:420	QueryValue
HKLM\Software\mozilla.org\GRE\1.4f_2003062408\GreHome	SUCCESS	"C:\Program
Files\Common Files\mozilla.org\GRE\1.4f_2003062408"	
160	3.90120786	mozilla.exe:420	CloseKey
HKLM\Software\mozilla.org\GRE\1.4f_2003062408	SUCCESS	Key: 0xE2BAD2C0	
161	4.29840460	mozilla.exe:420	OpenKey
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager	SUCCESS	Key: 0xE2CC1820	
162	4.29847752	mozilla.exe:420	QueryValue
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
Manager\AdditionalBaseNamedObjectsProtectionMode	NOTFOUND

Comment 1

[Karl Kowallis]

Attachment: regmon log when running as "Power User"

Comment 2

[Karl Kowallis]

Attachment: regmon log when running as user Administrator

Comment 3

[OstGote!]

Did you check the registry access permissions for this key?

HKLM\SOFTWARE\mozilla.org\GRE\[named like the version number]

How to check? Run regedt32.exe, select window HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE ... go to the
key above and select it on the left side. Open the menu Security - Permissions.

For me it works on Windows NT4, 2000 and XP. Have you tried it with 1.6 final?

Comment 4

[Karl Kowallis]

Manually editing the registry permissions solved the problem. I have had other 
registry permission problems and I think the problem is that somehow the 
permissions were damaged and the inhereited permissions were messed up.

I have since then re-installed my OS, and things seem to be working fine.