[ale] more on attempted Java install....

[Jason Vinson]

No problem.  I ran into the same problem about a year ago, and it was quite frustrating at the time.  For those interested, some mozilla plugins require(d) root access back when moz 1.0 first came out, so if you get "access denied" that's why.  I believe it was the banner blocker plugin that gave me issues, but it may be resolved now.

Happy browsing,
Jason


-------Original Message-------
From: Courtney Thomas <ccthomas at flash.net>
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: 02/28/03 08:54 AM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] more on attempted Java install....

> 
> Thanks Jason.

I just decided on running Netscape as root and all went well.

Cordially,
Courtney

Jason Day wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 06:49:24AM -0500, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> 
>>I neglected to mention that when I attempt to download/install Java from 

>>Netscape's website, the message I get is............
>>
>>"Access denied."
> 
> 
> Sounds like you're running netscape as non-root.  Installing the Java
> plugin requires root privileges.  I won't comment on the security
> implications of running a web browser as root to install software from a
> remote site, except to say, I won't do it.
> 
> Fortunately, the JRE comes bundled with the plugin for netscape/mozilla.
> The README that comes with the JRE has instructions for installing the
> plugins, but all you need to do is create a symlink in your plugins
> directory.  Your plugins directory will vary by distro/installation
> method, but it is probably in /usr/lib/netscape/plugins or
> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins.  To create the symlink, first install the JRE,
> then, as root, change to the plugins directory and type:
>   ln -s $JRE_HOME/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so
> 
> Replace $JRE_HOME with the directory where you installed the JRE.  Then
> restart netscape/mozilla and type "about:plugins" in the URL bar to
> verify that it was installed correctly.
> 
> HTH,
> Jason


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