>________________________________
> From: John Hupp <edubu...@prpcompany.com>
>To: edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
>Sent: Monday, 12 January 2015, 15:19
>Subject: How to set global/system Firefox prefs for new users?
>
>
>For Firefox in newly added user profiles, I have a few modest
>preconfiguration goals: 1) Customize the toolbar to add Print, History,
>and Tab Groups. 2) Set new tabs to display a blank page.
>
>I would think that #1 might be accomplished either by setting
> pref("browser.uiCustomization.state", "{long string copied from my
>user profile pref}");
>
>or else by copying my initial user's xulstore.json to
>/usr/lib/firefox/browser/defaults/profile or
>/usr/lib/firefox/defaults/profile. (Or by doing setting the pref AND
>copying xulstore.json.)
>
>But to zero in on setting the prefs: I failed first with what I took to
>be the standard Firefox methods.
>
>Then I found
>https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP/FirefoxOptimize, and though
>it was written for *buntu 12.04, I'm assuming that it's probably still
>valid for 14.04. (I'm running Lubuntu 14.04.1 32-bit.) And it
>indicates that global/system prefs should be placed in
>/etc/xul-ext/ubufox.js. But my prefs seem to be either ignored or
>subsequently overridden/overwritten.
>
>(And yes, xul-ext-ubufox is indeed installed.)
>
>How do you successfully do these things in 14.04?
>
John,
I hope this isn't just noise but it of use. Below are my notes but they do
apply 12.04 I'm afraid. Also, it's not for ltsp-pnp, it's for old-style ltsp
with a chroot (which is why there are additional notes about copyiong the files
to the chroot at the end).
--
Matt
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Firefox config (including setting homepage and proxy)
Configure proxy
sudo nano /etc/firefox/syspref.js
lockPref("network.proxy.http","address.of.proxy");
lockPref("network.proxy.http_port",80);
lockPref("network.proxy.ssl","address.of.proxy");
lockPref("network.proxy.ssl_port",80);
lockPref("network.proxy.type",1);
lockPref("network.proxy.share_proxy_settings", true)
Configure homepage
sudo nano /etc/xul-ext/ubufox.js
Uncomment homepage line...
pref("browser.startup.homepage",
"file:/usr/share/doc/xul-ext-ubufox/example-homepage.properties");
sudo nano /usr/share/doc/xul-ext-ubufox/example-homepage.properties
Change to:
browser.startup.homepage=http://www.ourhomepage.com
Copy all three files to chroot and rebuild image
sudo cp /etc/firefox/syspref.js /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/firefox/syspref.js
sudo cp /etc/xul-ext/ubufox.js /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/xul-ext/ubufox.js
sudo cp /usr/share/doc/xul-ext-ubufox/example-homepage.properties
/opt/ltsp/i386/usr/share/doc/xul-ext-ubufox/example-homepage.properties
Reimage and restart services
sudo ltsp-update-image; sudo ltsp-update-sshkeys; sudo service nbd-server
restart; sudo service tftpd-hpa restart; sudo service isc-dhcp-server restart
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