> If you download firefox as a tar and put it in /usr/local, you can then > change the owner of that folder to something different from the user you > normally use with firefox. So for example set up a user called firefox > and then: > > chown -R firefox:users /usr/local/firefox > > This prevents firefox from updating itself when you are not logged in as > firefox. > > You need to link the executable into /usr/local/bin > > ln -s /usr/local/firefox/firefox /usr/local/bin/firefox
Interesting idea. I've only got a couple of different users set up (various levels of security - one for usage and one for maintenance/repairs, besides actual security software), and I wonder how the install I have now would work if I set up a new low-level user and just changed the ownership of FF. That way it would help to isolate the browser from everything else and create another layer of security. We do have a skilled hacker in the area (he used to get into our router through the cable, turn on the wireless and removed all security from it, and was probably using it for games - huge downloads of data - but our local 'finest', like usual, refused to do anything about it). _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
