From: nobody@nowhere.invalid   
      
   On 8/23/2025 4:43 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:   
   > I currently use SeaMonkey 2.53.20 on Debian 12.8 and am preparing to do   
   > long overdue housekeeping in preparation to updating  all installed   
   > software - starting with SeaMonkey.   
   >   
   > I came to SeaMonkey via progression from Netscape Navigator - perhaps   
   > with habits from using RBBS on CPM-80.   
   >   
   > I have a series of Profile Manager questions.   
      
   A profile consists of a folder containing many files and subfolders with   
   files.  To locate the primary folder of any profile, you should set   
   SeaMonkey to be in that profile.  Then, on the menu bar, select [Help >   
   Troubleshooting Information].  Under Application Basics (topmost portion   
   of the resulting page), you will see Profile Folder with the path to the   
   profile and a button to open it (if SeaMonkey in Linux works anything   
   like it does in Windows).   
      
   > 1. Is there any way to make a specific profile "read-only"?   
      
   Is there a way in Linux to globally mark the entire contents of a folder   
   read-only.   
      
   > 2. Is there a way to duplicate the currently active profile?   
      
   Merely copy the primary folder of the profile, giving the copy a new   
   name.  Find a file named profiles.ini (not in the profile itself).  Edit   
   profile.ini.  It should already contain something like:   
      
   	[General]   
   	StartWithLastProfile=n   
      
   	[Profile0]   
   	Name=abc   
   	IsRelative=0   
   	Path=xyz   
   	Default=1   
      
   Where "n" is either 0 or 1, "abc" is the name of the primary profile,   
   and "xyz" is the COMPLETE path to the folder of your primary profile.   
   Insert a block similar to the {Profile0] but with a 1 instead of a 0,   
   omitting the "Default=1".  That new block needs the path to the copy of   
   the profile.   
      
   > 3. In preparing to renaming a profile, is there a way to list only the   
   >     items which differ from SeaMonkey's default profile?   
      
   I am not sure, but I believe the name has to be a single character   
   string with no blanks and is limited in size not to exceed the allowed   
   size of a folder.   
      
   > What documentation should I be reading?   
      
   I learned this so long ago, I do not remember how I learned it.   
      
   > TIA   
   >   
      
   --   
      
   David E. Ross