how to set preferences for all users?
I'm working with a windows CITRIX server and I need to disable the 'Remember passwords for sites' preference for all the users on the server. How do you do this for any user launching firefox on the server?
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You can lock the signon.rememberSignons pref to false via the mozilla.cfg file. lockPref("signon.rememberSignons", false);
You canuse a mozilla.cfg file in the Firefox program folder to lock prefs or specify new (default) values.
Place a local-settings.js file in the defaults\pref folder where also the channel-prefs.js file is located to specify using mozilla.cfg.
pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg");
pref("general.config.obscure_value", 0);
These functions can be used in the mozilla.cfg file:
defaultPref(); // set new default value pref(); // set pref, allow changes in current session lockPref(); // lock pref, disallow changes
See:
I added the local-settings.js and mozilla.cfg files to the C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref directory and the remember passwords option still isn't disabled.
contents of my local-settings.js: pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg"); pref("general.config.obscure_value", 0);
contents of my mozilla.cfg: lockPref("signon.rememberSignons", false);
The first line of mozilla.cfg never gets read. This line needs to be just two forward slashes.
The contents of the file should look like:
//
lockPref("signon.rememberSignons", false);
This file should be in C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\
Only local-settings.js should be in C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref\
If making these changes still does not apply the settings, refer to http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locking_preferences for detailed instructions.