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Firefox profile directory doesn't exist? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Supposedly that is the path to my Firefox profile directory. But when I click "Open Directory", nothing happens.

When I access that file path, the directory (k45qdkms.default-release) does not exist.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The location of the profile will be listed after Path= in profiles.ini.

If it's a Snap app then look in .snap/data/firefox/common/.mozilla instead.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

When I open profiles.ini the only profile mentioned there is "default-esr". That directory exists, and has a bunch of stuff in it, but I don't see the profile in the profile manager.

The profile I'm using is called "default-release" and that directory does not exist, but does have an entry in the profile manager.

The directory "default" exists in the directory structure and in the profile manager, but the directory is almost empty. It has only one thing in it; a file called times.json.

I created a new profile, and it doesn't show up in the directory structure either. Curiouser and curiouser...

PS: It's not a Snap, but it is a Flatpak.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So check Flatpak's config directory for it. Flatpak works on the same principle as Snap so it's probably hiding there. Also check about:profiles in Firefox itself, that should say where it is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Found it in about:profiles. The actual directory was in ~/.var/app/org.mozilla.firefox/cache/mozilla/firefox. I think the one in my home directory was a leftover from the old apt install.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Yep, I remember now that Flatpak stores its config in .var

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Migrating my laptop to Ubuntu and literally just ran into this with Thunderbird- the profile is in the Snap directory instead of the parent home folder like the docs say.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

This may have to do with Snap's security model. Snap gets a lot of hate but it's important to remember that Snap apps have the advantage of being properly sandboxed to modern standards.