62257 - installing PSM as root causes freeze for non-root users

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 49507

(Core Graveyard :: Security: UI, defect, P3)

Description

[Tim Taylor]

This has been a long standing problem for me, going back to early M18 nightlies,
and still present as of Mozilla-0.6.

Current Behavior:

I can only install the PSM for Linux when running mozilla as root.  Furthermore,
after installing the PSM this way, Mozilla freezes for non-root users whenever
the PSM is accessed/loaded/etc., for instance, by attempting to load an SSL page
or by attempting to load the PSM dialog.

For details on how I install mozilla and workaround this procedure, see my
"Mozilla Nightly Install HOWTO" (the bug URL above).


Expected Behavior:

Installing PSM as root allows use of the PSM by all users.

Comment 1

[Fabian Guisset]

You can install PSM only as root because you need write-access to the PSM 
directory. Dup of bug 36007?
Fabian.

Comment 2

[Tim Taylor]

Actually, it's more likely that bug 36007 and this bug are both dupes of bug
49507.  Marking this bug as such.  Will add a comment to 36007.  Sorry for the dupe.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 49507 ***

Comment 3

[John Unruh]

Verified dupe.