[Bug 19873] Automated installation of gecko requires DOS path to root filesystem

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19873





--- Comment #20 from Dmitry Timoshkov <dmitry at codeweavers.com>  2009-09-04 07:08:01 ---
(In reply to comment #19)
> http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ section 10.1.5:
> > Consider removing the default Wine Z: drive, which maps to the unix root
> > directory. This is only a weak defense, but it might help against some attacks.

You forgot the full context:

"... The downside to this is you won't be able to run Windows applications that
aren't reachable from a Wine drive (like C: or D:), so you might have to move
downloaded installers to ~/.wine/drive_c before you can run them."

Which is exactly the case of this bug.

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