Concerning Flash Protected Mode in Linux

ron_1 · Unread post by **ron_1** » 2015-04-25, 18:44

I have a couple of questions regarding Protected Mode for Flash in Linux. First, is turning off Protected Mode necessary (or desired) in Linux? And second, if it is, where do you find the mms.cfg file in Linux?

Off-topic:
Is there a search feature in Linux to find files/folders? Where is it?

Unread post by **trava90** » 2015-04-26, 04:44

Protected mode was first introduced in Flash 11.3, while the latest version for Linux is 11.2 (unless you use the Fresh Player Plugin, which I do not believe uses protected mode either).

The mms.cfg should be in /etc/adobe

Off-topic:
You could try catfish

ron_1 · Unread post by **ron_1** » 2015-04-26, 14:22

Thanks trava90. And catfish looks good . . . probably install later today (right now I'm in Windows).

ron_1 · Unread post by **ron_1** » 2015-04-27, 04:36

I don't have an Adobe folder under /etc . I used catfish to search for an Adobe folder and it found none. Then did a search for the mms.cfg file and it didn't find that either. What's up?

Unread post by **trava90** » 2015-04-27, 06:53

I don't think that a mms.cfg file is created automatically. You might have to manually create it in /etc/adobe.

ron_1 · Unread post by **ron_1** » 2015-04-27, 13:46

I don't have an Adobe folder in /etc . Is that normal? But I guess the whole topic is moot since there's no need to disable flash protected mode in Linux. I'm just curious.

martywd · Unread post by **martywd** » 2015-04-27, 19:11

In Linux Mint (and I assume ubuntu?) the 'adobe-flashplugin' _does_not_ create an '/etc/adobe' directory.

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dpkg -L adobe-flashplugin

But (in Mint) there is a '$HOME/.adobe' directory, but I find no 'mms.cfg' file? Possibly 'mms.cfg' existed in the $HOME/.macromedia' directory, but I deleted that directory after moving to the 'freshplayerplugin' package and using pepperflash with PM?
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Unread post by **trava90** » 2015-04-27, 20:39

The mms.cfg is not always created automatically. So if it doesn't exist and you want to use it, all you have to do is create one using the text editor of your choice.

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