If you read the bug report, he wasn't complaining about the requirement for root to update, only that it did not ask for it and simply tries to update and crashes. 


----- Original Message -----

From: "Paul Robert Marino" <[log in to unmask]> 
To: "Todd And Margo Chester" <[log in to unmask]>, "scientific-linux-users" <[log in to unmask]> 
Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2013 8:03:29 PM 
Subject: Re: advice on using latest firefox from mozilla 

Todd and Margo (I'm never sure who I'm addressing with you lol) 

There is a long standing security reason non root users can't update software which affect all users on the system. Remember over all *ux design is based on a multi user model where only people granted root access by password access or even better sudo access can affect all users. This is a good thing, it was done in response to computer viruses in the 70s. 




-- Sent from my HP Pre3 

On Jun 6, 2013 7:40 PM, Todd And Margo Chester <[log in to unmask]> wrote: 

On 06/06/2013 01:18 PM, Todd And Margo Chester wrote: 
> I have had no 
> problems at all, except that the updates can not be installed 
> by the users -- you have to fire up Firefox as root. 

I just filed this: Linux upgrade required root privileges. 
And, it's looking good for implementation: 

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=880504 

"Ya All" please vote for it! 

-T