and in /usr/lib/firefox/greprefs/all.js I put a line to reference the
mozilla.cfg and set general.config.obscure_value to 0 because I just
can’t be bothered with the byte shift 13 stuff.
But with openSUSE 11.1 there is no /usr/lib/firefox/greprefs
directory. The greprefs directory is there in the download of Firefox 3
from mozilla.com but in Firefox 3 as provided in openSUSE 11.1 it’s not
there.
I’ve found /usr/lib/firefox/defaults/preferences/ and by looking at the
output of strace worked out that the contents of that directory is read
in reverse alphabetical order. If I create a file in there called a.js
and specify a few settings in there then some take effect, e.g. disk
cache, and some are ignored, e.g. homepage.
So where am I supposed to put settings such that they take effect for
all users and lock the settings that I want to prevent users changing?
Hi
Use fgrep in the preferences directory and you will see that if your
file is read before firefox-branding then it will be over ridden.
Create your file with the first character a number and it should be
read last…
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
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malcolmlewis;1944153 Wrote:
> Hi
> Use fgrep in the preferences directory and you will see that if your
> file is read before firefox-branding then it will be over ridden.
> Create your file with the first character a number and it should be
> read last…
>
I know what fgrep is but I don’t understand what you mean when you say
use it. What am I looking for?
The output of strace ‘here’ (http://pastebin.com/f25c5964b) indicates
that calling the file a.js causes it to be read after all the other
files in the preferences directory. For some reason all the files are
being read more than once, but a.js is still the last one to be read.
Changing the name to 1.js makes no difference.
Also I forget to mention that locking preferences with lockPref in a.js
doesn’t work. E.g. if I specify a value for browser.cache.disk.capacity
with pref then that is taken notice of but trying to lock it with
lockPref it gets ignore. browser.cache.disk.capacity is the only setting
I’ve tried so far that any notice is taken of at all actually.