On Sun, 23 May 2010 15:54:26 -0700, NoOp wrote: > On 05/23/2010 02:23 PM, Jens Hatlak wrote:
>> With SeaMonkey versions before 2.0 there were extensions that needed to >> be installed into the application directory so you needed access to that >> directory, which usually meant you needed to be root. Starting with >> version 2.0 SeaMonkey uses the same add-on back-end as recent versions >> of Firefox which means that you can install all kinds of extensions into >> your user profile which does not require special privileges. > > ??? > I've been running SM 1.x from a home folder for a very long time & still > have the latest 1.1.19 installed & working from a home folder. > Can you please advise which extensions required root access? Note: not a > confrontational question, just curious as this is the first I've heard > of this. > ... Basically all extensions that have default preferences and/or components. All these had to be installed somewhere under the SeaMonkey application directory. You might have chmod'ed your SeaMonkey application directory a long time ago and have forgotten that you did it. Phil -- Philip Chee <phi...@aleytys.pc.my>, <philip.c...@gmail.com> http://flashblock.mozdev.org/ http://xsidebar.mozdev.org Guard us from the she-wolf and the wolf, and guard us from the thief, oh Night, and so be good for us to pass. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
