Closed
Bug 184913
Opened 21 years ago
Closed 21 years ago
Unable to use Mozilla in an environment where the home directory is shared
Categories
(Core Graveyard :: Profile: BackEnd, defect)
Core Graveyard
Profile: BackEnd
Tracking
(Not tracked)
VERIFIED
DUPLICATE
of bug 135137
People
(Reporter: hpa, Assigned: ccarlen)
Details
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.3a) Gecko/20021119 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.3a) Gecko/20021119 Mozilla, like Netscape before it, locks a profile for the duration of a login session, instead of implementing any kind of sensible data sharing and locking system. There is a PR on this already, bug 135137. Unfortunately, this also means Mozilla is nearly unusable in any environment where users' home directories are shared between machines -- it means that only one instance of Mozilla can be run by any user *anywhere across the network*. In an environment where users have main workstations but also move around to "visitor stations", this can be unbelievably obnoxious. I am filing this as a separate PR mostly to indicate this other aspect of the problem, and to underscore the seriousness of it. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Have a shared home directory 2. Run Mozilla on one system 3. Try to run Mozilla on another system Actual Results: Mozilla complains that the profile is locked and pops up the profile chooser Expected Results: Started as normal, sharing the profile
Comment 1•21 years ago
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>I am filing this as a separate PR mostly to indicate this other aspect of the >problem, and to underscore the seriousness of it. But it's exactly the same problem and that means that it's exaclty the same bug. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 135137 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Updated•8 years ago
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Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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