[Alpine-info] Firefox, snap and /tmp

[Carlos E. R. via Alpine-info]

On 2024-06-04 21:59, Andrew C Aitchison via Alpine-info wrote:

> 

> Carlos,

> Preventing Firefox from reading /tmp is a feature in snap, presumably 

> for some security reason that I don't understand. Follow the link in my 

> first mail for some more info.


This?

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux?utm_source=www.mozilla.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=firefox-download-thanks#w_install-firefox-deb-package-for-debian-based-distributions

No idea what to read there for explanation.


I have no idea what snap is.

Which is it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap

Computing

     Snap (computer graphics), an aid for positioning an object relative 
to grid lines or another object
     Snap (web framework), a Web framework written in Haskell
     Snap Server, a computer storage device
     SNAP Points (software non-functional assessment process), a 
measurement of non-functional software size
     Snap! (programming language), an educational graphical programming 
language
     ITK-SNAP, a medical imaging software application
     Sentinel Application Platform, a commom software architecture for 
analysis of Earth observation data provided by ESA
     Subnetwork Access Protocol (SNAP), a network link protocol
     Snap (software), a software packaging and deployment system for Linux
     Core dump or snap dump, a snapshot of the status of a running 
program or system at a particular moment


-- 
Cheers / Saludos,

		Carlos E. R.
		(from 15.5 x86_64 at Telcontar)

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