161620 - Must close all mozilla instances, so 'su' can launch moz as root

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[knucklehead]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i586; en-US; rv:1.0.0) Gecko/20020510
BuildID:    Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i586; en-US; rv:1.0.0) Gecko/20020510

I found that in order for a "su"ed root to launch mozilla as root I must first
close all other user instances of mozilla currently running.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Launch mozilla as a regular user
2.from an xterm, su your way to root, then "# mozilla&"
3.the root-launched mozilla will be a mozilla with user permissions, settings.
4. Close all instances of mozilla running on your system, then try the same
command "# mozilla&"  -- launches as root, with all the permissions, settings, etc.

Actual Results:  Same as the first time.

Expected Results:  Launch a root-priveleged mozilla from a "su"ed root while
other user-priv'ed mozillas run on same system.

Comment 1

[R.K.Aa.]

A dup, but i can't find it.. 
If you were running on same X-display, this is by design. CC Blizzard for comment

Comment 2

[Christopher Blizzard (:blizzard)]

What is LOGNAME set to after you su to root?

Comment 3

[Olav Vitters]

WFM Linux 2002-08-30-05

Use "su -" to switch to root, not "su". Please reopen if you've used "su -".