firefox question re mpg download disposal

[Gene Heskett]

On Sunday 02 January 2005 00:40, Jonathan Berry wrote:
>On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 00:25:03 -0500, Gene Heskett
>
><gene.heskett at verizon.net> wrote:
>> On Saturday 01 January 2005 23:59, Kam Leo wrote:
>> >On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 23:45:46 -0500, Gene Heskett
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> >> Its never been set to do that, I always set the ask me where
>> >> button. I've got enough stuff laying around in /root, like a
>> >> complete kde install.  I have directories I maintain for the
>> >> various file formats although I've never dedicated one to
>> >> .mpg's yet, no great need as I don't pie-rat those sort of
>> >> things.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks Jeff, and have a better 2005.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Cheers, Gene
>> >
>> >Sorry, I couldn't help you.  Did you have sufficient free space
>> > in both directories?  And a good New Year to you too!
>> >
>> >From a df, and /tmp is on /,
>>
>> /dev/hda7             30237928   1513920  27187996   6% /
>> /dev/hda5             10079324   5379908   4187404  57% /root
>>
>> I think with 4GB available on /root, there was room enough for a
>> 56 meg file :)
>
>Perhaps you accidentally set Firefox to automatically open .mpg
> files with vlc?  Check Edit->Preferences->Downloads to be sure. 
> You mentioned the file being downloaded to the cache.  I have
> always seen it save the partial file to the directory it was being
> downloaded to, unless it was being opened with an application.
>Oh, and please tell me that you are not regularly browsing and
>downloading things as root.  It really is better to use a normal
> user for that.  root just has too much power.
>
>Jonathan

That was a choice I had set for the first download, but went back to 
the save to disk for the next 2 passes at getting it.

And, being root seems to suit me.  I have enough firewall and natting 
between here and the dsl modem that I could give you its address and 
you couldn't find it with satan or nmap.  3 ethernet cards with 
iptables bolted down pretty tightly between two of the in the 
firewall box, an 8 port switch for the local net on this side of the 
firewall, a linksys router doing the natting in gateway mode on the 
other side of the firewall have pretty well protected me.  Only two 
crack attempts made it as far as the log on the firewall box in the 
last 20 months, and both attempts actually came from one of my 
assigned verizon dns servers.  And were shut down by portsentry on 
the first syn packet.

That of course generated a couple of nastygrams to verizon security, 
never acknowledged of course, but the servers did go down for a few 
hours both times while their techies cleaned up yet another windows 
viri.

Besides, I've have to install kde in /home/user to operate as a user, 
its a konstruct built 3.3.0.  And doesn't have 90% of the gotcha's I 
see being posted about on the kde/kmail lists.

Yeah, I've regretted it at times, doing something stupid, but I build 
my own kernels and such and have for the last 8 years now, so a well 
placed question usually bails this old fart, plumb set in his ways at 
70, out.

Thats what I'm trying to do now, figure out if its me or firefox.  
Next time I dl that file, I'll see if mozilla does any better, but 
not tonight, its getting sleepy out.

Thanks Jon & have a better 2005.

-- 
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