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

[murrah boswell]

Hello Michael,

> 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?

Not at all! I would get rid of xulrunner in a heart beat if I knew how to discouple Firefox from it.

Murrah

> 
> 
>>
>> 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
>> To: "Support list for open source software in schools."
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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
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