"sudo palemoon -p" different from "palemoon -p"

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"sudo palemoon -p" different from "palemoon -p"

Unread post by fillerup » 2018-05-21, 02:53

this is what i get when i run palemoon -p

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and what i get when i run sudo palemoon -p

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seems like sudo palemoon -p doesn't apply the GTK font setting i have for its UI, and uses a different profile directory?

edit: installed with pminstaller
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Re: "sudo palemoon -p" different from "palemoon -p"

Unread post by Walter Dnes » 2018-05-21, 04:00

fillerup wrote:seems like sudo palemoon -p doesn't apply the GTK font setting i have for its UI, and uses a different profile directory?
Pale Moon uses "$HOME/.moonchild productions/pale moon" for its profiles and gtk-2 stuff goes in $HOME/.config/gtk-2.0

When you run as regular user, you're using your regular home directory. But "sudo" is usually used for running as root. So you're seeing "/root/.moonchild productions/pale moon" for profiles and gtk-2 stuff in /root/.config/gtk-2.0 This is not a bug; it's working as intended.
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Re: "sudo palemoon -p" different from "palemoon -p"

Unread post by vannilla » 2018-05-21, 06:58

You shouldn't run a web browser (be it Pale Moon, Basilisk, Firefox...) as a different user anyway, especially not root.
In short, never do "sudo <web browser>".
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Re: "sudo palemoon -p" different from "palemoon -p"

Unread post by Moonchild » 2018-05-21, 09:07

vannilla wrote:You shouldn't run a web browser (be it Pale Moon, Basilisk, Firefox...) as a different user anyway, especially not root.
In short, never do "sudo <web browser>".
^This.
Only run Pale Moon under your own user account.
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Re: "sudo palemoon -p" different from "palemoon -p"

Unread post by fillerup » 2018-05-21, 09:38

Walter Dnes wrote:Pale Moon uses "$HOME/.moonchild productions/pale moon" for its profiles and gtk-2 stuff goes in $HOME/.config/gtk-2.0

When you run as regular user, you're using your regular home directory. But "sudo" is usually used for running as root. So you're seeing "/root/.moonchild productions/pale moon" for profiles and gtk-2 stuff in /root/.config/gtk-2.0 This is not a bug; it's working as intended.
perfect explanation, thank you
Moonchild wrote:
vannilla wrote:You shouldn't run a web browser (be it Pale Moon, Basilisk, Firefox...) as a different user anyway, especially not root.
In short, never do "sudo <web browser>".
^This.
Only run Pale Moon under your own user account.
yes of course, s i just thought PM might need administrative right for a task i was trying to do (can't remember what is is now, typical...)
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