70046 - Java plugin does not work properly as non-root user

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

Description

[Matt Stockdale]

On a redhat 7.0 (all updates applied, running kernel 2.4.2) system, with either
the 0.8 RPM's or installer tarball install, when I instal the java plugin (the
rpm versions required a manual ln -s of the .so), running mozilla as a non-root
user results in not being able to go pages that contain java (java.sun.com
www.bluesnews.com, etc). Running as root results in the expected behavior.

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Is the java plugin tree world-readable?

Comment 2

[Matt Stockdale]

Apparently the problem is, I'm an idiot. After messing with the tree for a bit 
(rwx bits, suid bits, etc) I figured out I couldn't go to those sites since I 
installed the plugin as root and the cache files were root owned. *slap*

The problem still exists, however, that installing the java plugin on the RPM 
build required a manual link (cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins ; ln -
s ./java2/plugins/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin-oji.so .)

Comment 3

[shrirang khanzode]

spam : marking invalid bugs 'verif'. reopen if u disagree, reporter!