[Lilux-help] programs works as root, but not as user

[Pascal Steichen]

On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 10:33:33PM +0200, Patrick Kaell wrote:
> Patrick Useldinger wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >my Mozilla runs fine when I am the root user, but not when I use a 
> >"normal" user. It starts OK, gets the default page, and produces a 
> >segmentation fault when it is about to render the page.
> >
> >As it is OK when run with root permissions, I suppose it is a permission 
> >or path problem.
> >
> >My more general question is: how can I find out which ressources are 
> >searched for, accessed, and with what result?
> 
> This is very strange. I would log in as a normal user and do a
> 
> mv .mozilla .mozilla.bck
> 
> Start Mozilla and let it create a new .mozilla. Check if the problem
> still persists.
> 
> A good method to see which files are accessed is by using strace. But I
> have never used strace on a big program like Mozilla.

The lsof tool can also help, showing the open files of the processes, but I also don't have xp with that.

> 
> Have you changed your Mozilla or do you use the default Slackware package?
> 
> Greetings, Patrick Kaell
> 
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