*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1790608 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1790608
To answer @me-again's question: if one uses the File menu->Open file
facility in an attempt to open a file in /tmp, then Firefox copies the
file to a newly-created directory in the /run/user hierarchy, and opens
that new copy of the file with a file:// URI.
This problem appears to be a side-effect of some sort of attempt by the
Firefox developers to mitigate the security vulnerability described at
<https://thehackernews.com/2019/07/firefox-same-origin-policy-
hacking.html>.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1977782
Title:
Unable to open any file:/// URL
Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
The way this configures/installs the snap makes it impossible to open
any file either from the command-line or by specifying a link of the
file:/// kind. That makes firefox unusable for browsing local HTML
documentation.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: firefox 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-35.36-lowlatency 5.15.35
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-35-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Tue Jun 7 02:27:27 2022
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-10-14 (3888 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111011)
Snap.Changes: no changes found
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-01-28 (130 days ago)
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