[K12OSN] HELP! adobe acrobat plugin not working for anyone but root

[Eric Harrison]

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005, David Trask wrote:

> Hey folks!
>
> I have an issue I need help with.  I wasn't aware of it, but the acrobat
> reader plugin is not working on our system.  I installed it via the script
> (yum) on root's desktop when I installed the server.....I just tried to
> run it again...and it is installed.  So...it works for root, but not for
> anyone else.  I'm thinking it's a permissions issue, but not sure where
> the plugin lives.  I don't see it in any of the mozilla plugins
> directories.   Can anyone shed some light on this?  I need to get it
> fixed....I won't sleep until I do  ;-)
>
> The permissions for /usr/bin/acroread appear to be fine....that's all I
> can find that seems to be releated to acrobat reader....can't even find
> where the plugin lives, but it is indeed installed....it works for root
> and also shows up in Firefox's preferences.....just won't launch for
> anyone but root......HELP!

I have updated Acroread packages that you can try out. You will find
them at:

   ftp://k12linux.mesd.k12.or.us/pub/K12LTSP/testing/RPMS/


The acroreader plugin does not use /usr/bin/acroread. The file you
need to check is /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so

-Eric