[tde-users] Re: Odd delay logging out

On 4/19/25 11:47 AM, Darrell Anderson via tde-users wrote: I found the cause of the delay with Firefox not terminating in a timely manner. I have a shell script that runs when logging out. I've had the script for 20+ years. The script is executed by all users. In that script are housekeeping commands to delete garbage files and directories that tend to accumulate in any computer operating system because some developers have to defend their geek creds and sloppy programming. This cleanup and scrubbing strategy has worked well for me for 30+ years, going back to my DOS days. Only the commands have changed. In that housekeeping sweep are commands to scrub the user's Firefox profile. In the current scheme, one of the commands was converting the Firefox profile 'datareporting' directory into a zero-byte file. This has been in place for years, immediately after the Firefox devs decided to join the world of data mining and tracking -- oops -- telemetry. The idea is with a zero-byte file in place no "data reporting" data can be collected. Using zero-byte files like this is an old trick. The delay was caused by Firefox being unable to modify files in the 'datareporting' directory, which no longer existed and is a zero-byte file. I have just about every known avenue of data mining, tracking, and so-called telemetry disabled, but seems upon closing Firefox the code remains designed to do something related to that directory. The new solution is to allow the directory but have the cleanup sweep delete all files in the directory. Not that the files can be used in any way since I have blocked all known avenues of telemetry. But deleting the files makes me feel warm and fuzzy. Just because. Firefox now fully terminates in less than a second. No more delay. Interesting little FUBAR. Feel free to call me paranoid or too damn zealous about protecting my privacy. I am not going to change my habits. And at least for the time being I remain triumphant. :)