Ubuntu
firefox-3.0 package

Firefox doesn't retain preferences in 9.04

Bug #357951 reported by atari2600a
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firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

In 9.04, no preferences are retained, during & after the upgrade. This can be a major security issue for those who automatically clear private data.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.8+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686

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atari2600a (atari2600a) wrote :
atari2600a (atari2600a)
visibility: private → public
Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)
security vulnerability: yes → no
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bra10n (bra10n-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

This seems to be affecting me also, as of today. Firefox 3.0.8 on Intrepid 8.10.
Bookmarks are retained, however preferences such as auto-scroll and home-page are lost on Firefox close and subsequent restarts

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bra10n (bra10n-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

sudo chown -R bra10n:bra10n ~/.mozilla
The above fix was suggested by ubuntuforums and seems to have fixed the problem

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