Cannot have more than one firefox process despite seperate user sessions

[BlackenedSky]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

Version: Firefox 3 beta 4
Expected behavior: Allow multiple processes accross sessions
Actual behavior:
When logged in under multiple sessions (in this case ssh connection with X forwarding), you cannot open firefox if it is already running locally on the machine. Instead you get a message box telling you to close the current process, thus meaning any subsequent user sessions cannot run firefox. Additionally, it is impossible to terminate the current firefox session without using the kill command as it is not running within your session, and this should not be forced as the user on the system may be using firefox.

Example scenario: User sat at machine is running firefox. I connect via ssh with x forwarding to the same machine, and attempt to run firefox. I cannot run a new instance of firefox as it's already being run/actively used by the user physically at the machine.

Note: this behavior may not be the same when the two user sessions are using different users (in this case both are logged in under the same user). I have not tested this. Again though, this means I cannot run firefox if I forgot to close it before leaving the house and need access to bookmarks/saved passwords etc...

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Mar 23 19:04:10 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: firefox 3.0~b4+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-12-generic i686

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

If i remember and understand correctly this is a feature not so much a bug.
Can you please file this bug upstream at: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi
Please post the link of the upstream bug on this bug please after you file it.

[Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m)]

This is considered a feature, not a bug, by the Mozilla team. It is to keep one session from overwriting (or corrupting by attempting to overwrite) the settings of the other. Firefox has a profile manager so that one user can have more than one session running, however. If you feel it is still a bug, please do as John asked and report it to Mozilla.

[Martin Mai (mrkanister-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

I am closing this bug. Please report it upstream at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi (as already mentioned). Thanks.