> From: dan.h...@gmail.com > To: Sven Hartge <s...@svenhartge.de> > debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Thanks Sven, and also Erwan, Curt, rpr, and Felix, > On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 11:54 AM, Sven Hartge <s...@svenhartge.de> wrote: >> Dan Hitt <dan.h...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I would like to run a second copy of firefox in debian, that is >>> completely unconnected to the first. >> >>> That is, the second copy should not share history, cookies, any kind >>> of storage, passwords, configuration, or anything else with the first. >>> It should be possible to send a signal to one (such as kill) without >>> the other being aware of it. >> >>> In essence it should run parallel to firefox like a clone (e.g., Pale >>> Moon), except using the same binary. (But i"d be willing to copy the >>> binary if there were an easy way to just change its name to firefox2 >>> or something.) >> >> Make a new user on your system, and start firefox as that user via sudo, >> adding the option "--no-remote" to the firefox command line. >> >> You might need to add >> >> Defaults env_reset,env_keep+="DISPLAY XAUTHORITY" >> >> to your /etc/sudoers to allow any programm running as the other user >> access to your X session. > This is a very good solution for my particular use case. > I had actually used profiles before, but not so satisfactorily. But > that was some years ago, and may have been due to my general > ineptness. > My only modification on the solution is to use "xhost +" instead of > giving extra privs to the new user. This is all on a very isolated > lan so hopefully no holes there. > It has the advantage that i"m certain that information from one > firefox cannot possibly leak into the other. And one side effect, > which i think can sometimes be an advantage, is that the downloads > cannot mix either. > dan
All good ideas if you trust mozilla to behave itself. You can also run it in jail with firejail for example. It is like a little container just for firefox. My 2c on top of all those good suggestions. Also try gksu if you have a 2nd user.
