262825 - software update system is broken for shared unix installs of firefox

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 262558

(Toolkit :: Application Update, defect)

Description

[Darin Fisher]

software update system is broken for shared unix installs of firefox.

install firefox 1.0PR as root, such that it is readonly for normal users.

as root, run firefox and install the latest critical updates.  at this point
everything appears fine.

now, run firefox as a normal user and notice that firefox believes that the
critical update was not installed.

problem: software update installed the files readonly:
-r--------  1 root root   149 Oct  1 13:59 bug259708.js
-r--------   1 root root  34892 Sep 29 15:01 nsHelperAppDlg.js

as a result, the pref file is not readable by normal users, and moreover
nsHelperAppDlg.js is not readable by normal users.  basically, software update
in this scenario can render the browser useless for normal users.

Comment 1

[Darin Fisher]

btw, this is reported on a Fedora Core 2 linux box with latest errata.  umask
for root is 0022, which is the default i believe.

Comment 2

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

Related/Dupe of: Bug 262558, Bug 189905, Bug 209418

Comment 3

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 262558 ***