Verified Commit 6b3ee7fd authored by Kathleen Brade's avatar Kathleen Brade Committed by ma1
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Bug 11641: Disable remoting by default. 

Unless the -osint command line flag is used, the browser now defaults
to the equivalent of -no-remote.  There is a new -allow-remote flag that
may be used to restore the original (Firefox-like) default behavior.
parent 45c7a08f

toolkit/xre/nsAppRunner.cpp

+16 −5
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@@ -2210,8 +2210,10 @@ static void DumpHelp() { 
      "  --migration        Start with migration wizard.\n"

      "  --ProfileManager   Start with ProfileManager.\n"

#ifdef MOZ_HAS_REMOTE

      "  --no-remote        Do not accept or send remote commands; implies\n"

      "  --no-remote        (default) Do not accept or send remote commands; "

      "implies\n"

      "                     --new-instance.\n"

      "  --allow-remote     Accept and send remote commands.\n"

      "  --new-instance     Open new instance, not a new window in running "

      "instance.\n"

#endif
@@ -4384,16 +4386,25 @@ int XREMain::XRE_mainInit(bool* aExitFlag) { 
                                     gSafeMode);



#if defined(MOZ_HAS_REMOTE)

  // We disable remoting by default, unless -osint is used.

  bool allowRemote = (CheckArg("allow-remote") == ARG_FOUND);

  bool isOsint = (CheckArg("osint", nullptr, CheckArgFlag::None) == ARG_FOUND);

  if (!allowRemote && !isOsint) {

    SaveToEnv("MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1");

  }

  // Handle --no-remote and --new-instance command line arguments. Setup

  // the environment to better accommodate other components and various

  // restart scenarios.

  ar = CheckArg("no-remote");

  if (ar == ARG_FOUND || EnvHasValue("MOZ_NO_REMOTE")) {

  if ((ar == ARG_FOUND) && allowRemote) {

    PR_fprintf(PR_STDERR,

               "Error: argument --no-remote is invalid when argument "

               "--allow-remote is specified\n");

    return 1;

  }

  if (EnvHasValue("MOZ_NO_REMOTE")) {

    mDisableRemoteClient = true;

    mDisableRemoteServer = true;

    if (!EnvHasValue("MOZ_NO_REMOTE")) {

      SaveToEnv("MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1");

    }

  }



  ar = CheckArg("new-instance");