[K12OSN] Re: Lock down proxy settings and home page

[Michael Paric]

We didn't use XULRunner (but did use Firefox 3), and I'm suspecting it  
may be overriding any personal profile changes. Is XULRunner necessary  
for your deployment?


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> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 16:43:39 -0700
> From: murrah boswell <otrcomm at isp-systems.net>
> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Lock down proxy settings and home page
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> Hello Michael,
>
> Michael Paric wrote:
>> The proxy,  home page and other preferences are saved in the file:
>>
>> /home/<user_name>/.mozilla/firefox/<id_number>/prefs.js
>
> I am testing with K12Linux 5EL that uses Firefox 3 running on top of  
> xulrunner. I tried to modify a test account prefs.js file but
> Firefox didn't pay any attention to the changes. I just tried to  
> lock the browser.startup.homepage setting with:
>
> lockPref("browser.startup.page", 1);
> lockPref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://www.google.com/");
>
> and it had no impact.
>
> Under K12LTSP 5, I can lock Firefox 2 down tighter than a drum, but  
> Firefox 3 is another animal. What version of Firefox are you using?
>
> Thanks,
> Murrah Boswell