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  1. JDK
  2. JDK-4398079

document the need to install in way that makes cache writable

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      feedback request from:
      > Dan Makovec
      > Fat Canary Software
      > e-mail: ###@###.###
      > ICQ: 1398090

      > This mail was about to turn into a question, before I realised after
      > looking at the Exceptions tab that the reason it failed was because I
      > had installed JWS as root (after using sudo to become root). The
      > problem with this was that it created ~/.javaws for storing
      > configuration and cache files, where "~" was my regular home directory.
      > The directoy was owned by root and without permissions for me as a
      > regular user (which is how I launch Netscape) to write to the directory.
      >
      > I think that it might be a good idea to add a note to newbies to ensure
      > that their cache directory is writable in the documentation. Even
      > better, have the popup dialog say that it couldn't write to the cache
      > dir and that the user should check permissions. Much less cryptic and
      > easier to sort out! :)
      >

            sbohne Steve Bohne (Inactive)
            herrick Andy Herrick (Inactive)
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