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Re: [tor-talk] Open links in TBB



Which user do you use to run firefox 2nd time?

I suppose you shouldn`t run Tor and Firefox of TBB as different users.
Also if you check you may find that "New identity" option of TorButton
is not available.

The Tuber <thetuber@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Here's the workaround that I'm using (on Linux):
> 
> o Start TBB. Once Vidalia is ready, TBB-Firefox starts. Once TBB-Firefox
> is running, you can look at the command-line arguments; it's "-no-remote
> -profile ./Data/profile" The -no-remote causes me problems.
> 
> o Exit TBB-Firefox; vidalia stays running.
> 
> o Start TBB-Firefox with the command:
> "~/tor-browser_en-US/App/Firefox/firefox -profile
> ~/tor-browser_en-US/Data/profile &"
> 
> o From the program that contains the link that you want to click, set
> the browser to be "~/tor-browser_en-US/App/Firefox/firefox". The program
> will then open a link with the command
> "~/tor-browser_en-US/App/Firefox/firefox <URL>".
> 
> Note that there will be problems if you try to run the regular version
> of Firefox. I think that one needs to be started with the -no-remote
> flag. The -no-remote was added to TBB sometime in August IIRC so that
> the regular version of Firefox could run along side of TBB-Firefox.
> 
> Anyone know if what I'm doing is a security risk?
> 
> -- 
> Thanks.
> 
> george
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