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Porteus Settings Center

Posted: 17 Jul 2014, 01:41
by mt12345
Not bug but rather security issue.

I launch Porteus Settings Center - I enter root password.
I change date, keyboard etc.
Then I click Porteus FAQ. Firefox pops up, I read FAQs then I continue surfing the net.
I notice that FF extensions (Adblock, Noscript, ForceHTTPS) are not working.
F**K! IM BROWSING AS ROOT!

Re: Porteus Settings Center

Posted: 17 Jul 2014, 19:30
by francois
Why didn't you just exit root mode to resume guest mode? :oops:

Re: Porteus Settings Center

Posted: 17 Jul 2014, 20:18
by mt12345
Im saying that there is no warning 'you are running ff as root'.
if you run spacefm as root the border is red.

actually the problem is that I started surfing the net as DIFFERENT user so I had no extensions and browsing history was not stored in default profile (thus I couldn't easily resume session).

on the other hand there is an option in menu: system tools> porteus faq.
it launches ff as guest.

Re: Porteus Settings Center

Posted: 17 Jul 2014, 20:29
by brokenman
Then I click Porteus FAQ
Thanks. Indeed it is an oversite. I will fix it.

Re: Porteus Settings Center

Posted: 17 Jul 2014, 21:16
by mt12345
'Porteus Tutorials' too