firefox will not open local files from remote files

[Daniel LaGesse]

I'm using the Firefox 3 beta 4 backport I found in one of the other bugs in backports.

When there is a link to a local file in a remote file (I noticed this at https://help.ubuntu.com/7.10/programming/C/ar01s01.html), Firefox will not open it when clicked, or in another tab. If you copy the link location and do it manually, it works fine.

I'm not sure if this is a feature or a bug however. It seems to be annoying, but I may be overlooking security concerns.

Daniel

note: Is this in the right place? I wasn't sure.

[John Dong (jdong)]

I can reproduce this on Hardy, let's move this bug report into Hardy. (I'm also unsure if this is a bug or just a security feature with a poor UI

[Lars Ljung (larslj)]

The error console says: "Security Error: Content at https://help.ubuntu.com/7.10/programming/C/ar01s01.html may not load or link to file:///usr/share/doc/diveintopython/html/toc/index.html."

But I agree that the user interface should be improved.

[Daniel LaGesse (dlagesse1992)]

Agreed. Perhaps a drop-down bar informing the user that the link was blocked for security reasons and allowing them to continue (with appropriate warning, of course).

Daniel

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

is this still a problem with the latest ffox 3? If so, this is best dealt upstream as its not a ubuntu specific issue. Please search in bugzilla.mozilla.org to ensure that your bug isnt filed; then open a bug in bugzilla.mozilla.org and post your bug id (or the one you found matching your issue) here. Thanks!

[Martin Mai (mrkanister-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

 We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!