Firefox unable to create folders
Hi,
I am facing a weird problem. When I try to create a folder from firefox (while downloading stuff), it says "unable to create folder. permission denied." But when I create it using terminal (i.e. 'mkdir foo') it works.
Firefox is running as the same user as the terminal, so shouldn't the two programs have the same permissions ?
I am not sure why is firefox making my OS unhappy :-(
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Re: Firefox unable to create folders
UPDATE :
I changed folder permissions to 777 but still no use :-(
Re: Firefox unable to create folders
If you are trying to create a folder on a separate hard drive, it might be the AppArmor profile limiting permissions. See AppArmor tutorial. Put Firefox in complain mode and try again.
Re: Firefox unable to create folders
Thanks for the tip. This definitely looks like an apparmor issue.
When I shutdown apparmor daemon, I was able to create the folders.
I haven't been able to configure apparmor to allow my download folder.
Re: Firefox unable to create folders
Thanks lovinglinux
Finally reconfigured apparmor to allow access to certain folders.
It's a pretty neat application.
Just for documentation purpose :
I inserted following line in /etc/apparmor.d/usr.bin.firefox, in the section where it configures user's personal files:
Code:
/foo/bar/MyDownloads/** rw
Re: Firefox unable to create folders
Quote:
Originally Posted by
akwatve
Thanks lovinglinux
Finally reconfigured apparmor to allow access to certain folders.
It's a pretty neat application.
Just for documentation purpose :
I inserted following line in /etc/apparmor.d/usr.bin.firefox, in the section where it configures user's personal files:
Code:
/foo/bar/MyDownloads/** rw
You are welcome.