yes - I know - not "all" of the files - /bin /sbin etc the stuff I've
always thought of as "the tree" - Fedora now has it all under /usr
because /usr is very unlikely to be on a remote shared mount accessed
ro by multiple systems, and potentially unavailable during boot.
don't ask - just be happy.
On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 12:55 PM, Ed <
plug@0x1b.com> wrote:
> Nathan - Fedora has made changes to the Linux Filesystem Hierarchy by
> locating all files under /usr and replacing the rest, like /bin, with
> simlinks, in this case to /usr/bin. This may create problems with
> permissions that Firefox and Chrome are not dealing with. As to /tmp
> - you should expect it to go away with each boot - many people encrypt
> /tmp without keeping the key so that there is no information leakage
> from one boot to the next.
>
> I would start looking at the permissions for the files Firefox and
> Chrome can't seam to find in the new F22 locations - happy hunting
>
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 12:28 PM, Nathan England <nathan@nmecs.com> wrote:
>>
>> I've been running Fedora 22 since it came out and have been very happy
>> except a couple issues.
>>
>> * Firefox wants me to login to sync everytime I close the browser and open
>> it again. It says there is a problem syncing. However, once I give it my
>> password again it syncs fine and continues to work until I close the browser
>> (all instances). Then when I open it again it all starts over.
>>
>> * Similarly Chrome has an issue remember passwords. It seems while it is
>> open it remembers my passwords and all works well, but initially when I open
>> it I have to log in to several places as if it does not remember my
>> passwords.
>>
>> I am not using LastPass. I like the default password managers for both
>> browsers. I use them for separate things and I do not want unified passwords
>> between the two.
>>
>> Does F22 have a temp problem? I really get the impression that much of my
>> browser data is being stored in tmp space and is lost when I reboot, which
>> is daily because Grid Autosport doesn't work in Linux... ;-)
>>
>> I cannot find any references to this in Google as all searches with Firefox
>> and sync return lots of people having problems, but not my problem. These
>> issues are common across several machines I have and each has been
>> wiped/installed multiple times.
>>
>> Any ideas?
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