56429 - failing to abide by multi user rules on w2k

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Core Graveyard :: Profile: BackEnd, defect, P3)

Description

[timeless]

tests conducted by using ntfs to enforce access permissions.
[based on bug 41057]
personal note: ntfs w/o run once doesn't work <g>, i don't have regchrome for 
win32, can we see about getting it packaged w/ future packages?

to emulate regchrome I ran mozilla as owner and loaded all of my modules 
[editor, mail, address book, irc]. running as mortal I saw two problems, 
talkback had some errors and chatzilla did not have happy chrome. but 
chrome://chatzilla/content/ worked. [no chrome]

interesting output from filemon [http://www.sysinternals.com]
mozilla.exe
IRP_MJ_CREATE
%home%\application data\mozilla\users50\default\user.js
FILE NOT FOUND
-
mozilla.exe
IRP_MJ_CREATE
%home%\application data\mozilla\users50\default\user.js\Desktop.ini
PATH NOT FOUND
-
mozilla.exe
IRP_MJ_CREATE
%mozilla%\components\Netscape\Netscape6\Talkback.ini
FILE NOT FOUND
-
mozilla.exe
IRP_MJ_CREATE
%mozilla%\components\Netscape\Netscape6\permdata.box
ACCESS DENIED

Lots of name collision
near cache
starting at %documentsnandsettings% and travelling down to
%home%\application data\mozilla\users50\default\cache

mozilla.exe
IRP_MJ_CREATE
%mozilla%\chrome\user-skins.rdf
ACCESS DENIED

Asa, %mozilla% = f:\program files\mozilla i'll leave a shortcut on your 
desktop.  In order to show you filemon output i'll have to do a bit of 
kludging.

Comment 1

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

timeless, who should get this?  

Comment 2

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

this needs a better owner.

Comment 3

[David Krause]

Reassigning to XPCOM which is the component of the parent bug.

Comment 4

[Scott Collins]

still needs a better owner; re-assigning to component owner

Comment 5

[Doug Turner (:dougt)]

none of these files are specific to XPCOM.  Most are related to profiles.  over
to that owner.

Comment 6

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

should what's still relevant move to toolkit?

Comment 7

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

No, I don't know of anything here that affects toolkit. If there is anything relevant then a new bug should be filed against toolkit for the relevant issues if there isn't one already.

Comment 8

[Benjamin Smedberg]

This bug is filed in a bugzilla component related to pre-Firefox code which no longer exists. I believe it is no longer relevant and I am therefore closing it INCOMPLETE.

If you believe that this bug is still valid and needs to be fixed, please reopen it and move it to the Toolkit:Startup and Profile System product/component.