On Mon, 7 Nov 2016 05:18:21 -0500
Felix Miata
Carlos E. R. composed on 2016-11-06 23:46 (UTC+0100):
Felix Miata wrote:
Carlos E. R. composed on 2016-11-06 13:08 (UTC+0100):
I noticed that Firefox stores content, such as PDF, that was displayed instead of downloaded, in the directory /tmp/mozilla_cer0. I would prefer to send that to an encrypted partition.
I don't see any files in /tmp created by any Mozilla product. Is that directory a currently active one?
Yes, absolutely. I can see there recent receipts in PDF form which I selected "display" instead of "download". It is downloaded then to the temporary directory and then calls a pdf viewer with that file.
PDFs here are not displayed internally by Firefox.
Because that's the way you want it? If displayed internally (as here in 45.4ESR and 49.0.2), you could save to a place of your choice.
Based on absence of reponses here, I'd say ask on moznet or in one of the Mozilla forums what to do to keep FF from saving anything outside your profile directory. That it does so I have to think is at least potentially a security bug.
I'm not sure that's the case (security bug). It's a proper use of tmp. It's supposed to be cleaned up when firefox closes, and that happens correctly on my machines. Files are deleted on firefox close, though the empty dir remains in tmp for next use. My firefox installs call atril (the mate version of evince) to open all pdfs and that's how it works here. Carlos, are the tmp files still there after you close firefox? (or do you not ever close firefox...) Ralph -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org