Closed Bug 496728 Opened 16 years ago Closed 16 years ago

Check for update over the command line

Categories

(Toolkit :: Application Update, enhancement)

x86
Linux
enhancement
Not set
normal

Tracking

()

VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 318855

People

(Reporter: asolkar, Unassigned)

Details

(Whiteboard: DUPEME)

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1b4) Gecko/20090423 Firefox/3.5b4 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1b4) Gecko/20090423 Firefox/3.5b4 On my Linux desktop, Firefox (nightly build) is installed in /opt directory with root privileges. This is used by more than one users. When I run Firefox, Help -> Check for Updates... menu is grayed out - because I do not have enough privileges I assume. I am reluctant on running Firefox as root just to update it. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install as root for multiple users to use 2. As a non-root user, try to update firefox (Help -> Check for Updates ...) Actual Results: (Help -> Check for Updates ...) is grayed out for a non-root user, since root installed Firefox. To update Firefox, root must start Firefox and update it via (Help -> Check for Updates ...) Expected Results: Wouldn't it be handy for firefox (and other mozilla apps) to have a command line argument to update Firefox? Something like 'sudo firefox --update'.
Component: General → Application Update
Product: Firefox → Toolkit
QA Contact: general → application.update
Whiteboard: DUPEME
Version: unspecified → Trunk
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 16 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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