Open Bug 1776705 Opened 3 years ago Updated 2 years ago

Snapified firefox does not start if launched from directories it does not like

Categories

(Toolkit :: Startup and Profile System, defect)

Firefox 101
defect

Tracking

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UNCONFIRMED

People

(Reporter: sergio.callegari, Unassigned)

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:101.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/101.0

Steps to reproduce:

tried to launch firefox from a directory in my home:

remigio@jak:~/OneDrive$ firefox https://support.mozilla.org/kb/file-bug-report-or-feature-request-mozilla
cannot open path of the current working directory: Permission denied

The directory from which I attempted to start firefox is a directory mounted in my home via a fuse overlay filesystem.

Actual results:

Firefox did not start saying permission denied

Expected results:

Firefox should have started

The Bugbug bot thinks this bug should belong to the 'Toolkit::Startup and Profile System' component, and is moving the bug to that component. Please correct in case you think the bot is wrong.

Component: Untriaged → Startup and Profile System
Product: Firefox → Toolkit

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Severity: -- → S4
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