Working directory for firefox is not users home dir.
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
| firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
On Kubuntu Jaunty when I start firefox from the menu the working directory is "~/Dokumenter" (danish for "~/Documents"), this causes problems for homebanker applets.
When login into my homebank (using icedtea6-plugin) I therefore manually have to find the private key file (named EBJKS.ebjkeystore) which is located in my home-dir. Further when I later have to confirm transactions it fails again because it cannot find the private key-file. When starting firefox in my home-dir, the login applet automatically finds my private key file and fills out the usernumber (I only have to supply a password).
A quick workaround is of course to create your own ~/.local/
The fix should be applied to the file /usr/share/
| Jarl (jarl-dk) wrote | #1 |
| Lars Ljung (larslj) wrote | #2 |
| Jarl (jarl-dk) wrote | #4 |
By the way, in Intrepid the working directory for firefox was users home-dir (not ~/Dokumenter).
Another thing: Working directory does not only affect homebanker java applets, it also affects behaviuor when uploading files to webforms. In this scenario the starting directory of the open-file dialog is working directory, however the consequences in these cases are minimal.