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I think that was enough to confirm my suspicions. At first, i thought it was a permissions thing with my distro but after reviewing it further it is definitely caused by having your browser run in Spot.
It's a shame because Chromium seems to work quite well for me but the annoyance of having to send files to spot in order to upload is enough to drive me crazy. Chromium and Chrome will not run in root.
Back to Seamonkey and Opera....
Thanks for your input,
Slavvo67
How to use Spot restricted user?
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neerajkolte
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I don't think running them as spot will make any difference than chromium.slavvo67 wrote:Back to Seamonkey and Opera....
You should try searching how to run chromium as root. But that would defeat it's purpose.
The problem you're having is actually desirable and secure way to browse the net.
Not having access yourself will also make it hard to access for others. But that's what I think please correct me if I am wrong.
On second note I seem to remember once I installed a pet and it messed up permissions of some system files I couldn't start Firefox from my desktop shortcut. When I typed firefox in terminal it started but further inspection showed it ran as root. when I inspected my desktop icon it points to 'firefox -spot'. I typed that in terminal and it didn't run. After the author of that pet corrected permissions it could run both way. So that might be a way to run from terminal. I am quite new to Linux so I may be wrong.
Oh.. I use Fatdog64-630.
hope that helps...
"One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code."
- Ken Thompson
“We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run.â€
- Amara’s Law.
- Ken Thompson
“We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run.â€
- Amara’s Law.
About root, spot and fido
[url]file:///usr/share/doc/root.htm[/url]
[url]file:///usr/share/doc/root.htm[/url]
The things they do not tell you, are usually the clue to solving the problem.
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
When I was a kid I wanted to be older.... This is not what I expected
YaPI(any iso installer)
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neerajkolte
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couldn't find it in Fatdog64-631.bigpup wrote:About root, spot and fido
[url]file:///usr/share/doc/root.htm[/url]
is there an online version?
"One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code."
- Ken Thompson
“We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run.â€
- Amara’s Law.
- Ken Thompson
“We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run.â€
- Amara’s Law.
It is very easy to get Chrome/Chromium to run as root. Seeslavvo67 wrote:I guess what I meant is that I can run Seamonky or Opera (not as Spot) and be ok. Chrome / Chromium will not run as root but the other two will.
Thanks for your help.
Slavvo67
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=86487
It also works directly in the .desktop file.
neerajkolte, attached is the file /usr/share/doc/root from Precise puppy. I had to change the file name from .htm to .jpeg so the forum would accept it. Just change the .jpeg back to .htm and any browser should be able to open it.
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