Bug 1575926

Summary: Attempt to run a .jnlp file is inhibited by the web browser.
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: ricky.tigg
Component: firefoxAssignee: Gecko Maintainer <gecko-bugs-nobody>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 30CC: alexl, gecko-bugs-nobody, jhorak, john.j5live, pjasicek, rhughes, rstrode, sandmann
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Last Closed: 2019-05-30 09:22:57 UTC Type: Bug
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Intructions related to Cisco Packet Tracer Assessments none

Description ricky.tigg 2018-05-08 10:03:25 UTC 
Created attachment 1433117 [details]
Intructions related to Cisco Packet Tracer Assessments

Description of problem: Attempt to run a .jnlp file is inhibited.
Version-Release number of component: firefox.x86_64 59.0.2-1.fc28

Steps to Reproduce: Download from https://assessment.netacad.net/check/check.html file PT-Assessment-Client.jnlp (1.4 kB) and attempt to run it in web browser via file:///<own_path>/PT-Assessment-Client.jnlp.

Actual results: Attempt fails despite file is allowed to be executed as program.
Expected results: Attempt allowed and file's type supported.

Additional info: permissions related to file
– Originally: -rw-r--r--.
– Changed to: -rwxr-xr-x. 
See check-instructions in attachment.
Comment 1 Ben Cotton 2019-05-02 20:30:44 UTC 
This message is a reminder that Fedora 28 is nearing its end of life.
On 2019-May-28 Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for
Fedora 28. It is Fedora's policy to close all bug reports from releases
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Comment 2 Ben Cotton 2019-05-28 23:06:40 UTC 
Fedora 28 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2019-05-28. Fedora 28 is
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further
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Comment 3 Jan Horak 2019-05-30 09:22:57 UTC 
The jnlp files are handled outside of Firefox by external binary like javaws. To open the file with jnlp extension you need to have IcedTea-Web installed. When you do, the Firefox save dialog should show the IcedTea Web Start in the Open with dropdown. Choosing that should start the java application. Feel free to reopen if that won't work for you.