Firefox Software Update Pop-Up

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Benny Cemoli
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Firefox Software Update Pop-Up

Post by Benny Cemoli »

I haven't used Firefox Nightly in quite a while but got curious as to what's up in the latest cutting edge Firefox so I downloaded Nightly and installed it. No problem there. Got the August 17th build and just figured it would update to the latest nightly after installation. Wasn't wrong. Received notification a download was available. Accepted download and downloaded the update. The thing is that after the download a screen popped up headed "Software Update" that I've never seen before in a nightly update. What bothered me most about it was the phrase, "This update requires administrator privileges." I never had to give my administrator credentials to update a version of Firefox Nightly in the past. Firefox Nightly would simply download the update, apply the update on restart and all was well with the world. Of course, the "Details" link just leads to a generic page about the update and doesn't explain exactly WHY the Firefox updater is requiring administrator privileges for this update.

So the question is, Why is Firefox asking for my admin password and what is it actually DOING that it need admin privileges. (Oh, and I posted this in the General section so as not to clutter up the Builds section. If it better belongs there please feel free to move it.)

Thanks in advance for any insights anyone might have.

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Re: Firefox Software Update Pop-Up

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Does Mac have the concept of (Windows UAC, or otherwise) "admin" privileges?

(And yes, belongs in Builds.)
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Re: Firefox Software Update Pop-Up

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I've had the Admin pop up twice in many years. Usually after I manually trigger a check for updates, and it prompts to restart Firefox. I know it's not an answer, but just wanted to share that it does happen from time to time.
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Re: Firefox Software Update Pop-Up

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Moved to Firefox Builds.
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