[Mozile] Save failed / insufficient privileges

[bieneke_b at xsmail.com]

Hi James,

Thank you so much for your quick reply. Your solution worked so my problem
is solved. Thanks!

Bieneke

-----Original Message-----
From: mozile-bounces at mozdev.org [mailto:mozile-bounces at mozdev.org] On Behalf
Of James A. Overton
Sent: dinsdag 23 januari 2007 23:08
To: Mozile
Subject: Re: [Mozile] Save failed / insufficient privileges

Hi Bieneke,

There are two solutions to your problem: (1) the easier, slightly  
inconvenient, secure method, and (2) the harder, slightly more  
convenient, insecure method.

The easy way (which I recommend) is to us the "Save as Dialog" save  
option, then copy the source code and paste it into a text editor  
(Notepad or Wordpad, for example). Save the file in the text editor  
as "filename.html" and you'll have a working HTML file.

The insecure method sets your browser to grant web pages enhanced  
privileges in some cases. Access to local files requires enhanced  
privileges as a security precaution, but this method removes some of  
that protection. What you have to do is type "about:config" in your  
Firefox addressbar, then find the  
"signed.applets.codebase_principal_support" preference and set it to  
"true". Now when Mozile tries to save to a local file you'll see a  
warning dialog, then it will let you save. Again, because this method  
is insecure, I suggest you use the cut and paste method instead.

In the future Mozile 0.8 will have a secure *and* convenient method  
for saving to local files (which will require you to install an  
extension), but unfortunately that part isn't finished yet.

James


On 2007-01-23, at 4:14 PM, <bieneke_b at xsmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
>
> I would like to use the Mozile editor to make life easier for the  
> translators of my website (and for myself).
>
>
>
> You can see an example of one the 'editable' pages here:
>
> http://www.dutchgrammar.com/es_editor/wordorder/index.php
>
>
>
> Unfortunately, I am experiencing a problem with saving files to a  
> local disk.
>
>
>
> If I open a web page with Mozile editor on my local computer, I can  
> save the file to my local disk but if I open web page that is  
> hosted on a remote server, it does not allow me to save the file to  
> my hard disk. I receive the following error message: "Save failed!  
> Insufficient privileges".
>
>
>
> I read somewhere that this could have something to do with the  
> security settings of  Firefox. Even when I changed the settings to  
> the most insecure, the save still fails.
>
>
>
> Does anybody have an idea what I can do to enable 'save to file'?
>
>
>
> I would prefer 'save to post' but I am not a programmer and I am  
> afraid that goes way above my head. I would already be extremely  
> grateful if someone can help me fix the LocalFile problem. However,  
> if anyone can point me to a page or website that explains how  
> HTTPPost works, that would be really nice.
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> Bieneke
>
>
>
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