Ubuntu
firefox-3.0 package

  1. Bug #128493
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Comment 0 for bug 128493

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kornelix (mikecorn-deactivatedaccount) wrote : firefox resets its files, with total data loss

Binary package hint: firefox

1. $ sudo nautilus
2. find a .html file with browser and click on it
3. firefox starts up and displays the .html file

User files at ~./mozilla/firefox/* are now in an initial condition, as found after first startup of firefox after a new Ubuntu installation. Owner of files is user, not root. Prior user files are gone without a trace.

The following command works without risk:
  $ sudo firefox
Firefox gives a warning and executes with an automatic -H option.
There is no loss of user files.

I believe the behavior with nautilus should work the same way, or at least Firefox should not initialize the user files without warning.