"Permission denied" for places.sqlite-shm or places.sqlite-wal when running firefox

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

Locking issues with places.sqlite-shm or places.sqlite-wal can occur when running firefox and the users .mozilla directory is located on an NFSv4 share. This typically occurs when the users home directory is mounted over NFSv4.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 & 6

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