On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 1:25 AM, Thomas Besser <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > since a long time I'm distributing addons system wide with Firefox ESR on > Windows through copying the unpacked and renamed extension to > "$InstallDir$/browser/extensions" (following scenario 2 from > https://mike.kaply.com/2012/02/09/integrating-add-ons-into-firefox/ > except the changed path). It still working with FF ESR 60. > > Trying to do the same with the new policy "Extensions" ( > https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/README.md). > > With an URL it does work. It is not clear to me, how a "path" have to look > like. "//path/to/xpi" is what? Please give an example. Can it be local on > the client computer? E.g. "c:\$InstallDir$\some-directory\some-addon.xpi" > Yes, it is the path on the local computer. > > I saw a difference that over policies the extension is installed by the > user (he can deactivate _and_ delete it, if not locked). With the other way > he only can 'deactivate' it. > You can use the Extension->Locked policy and then the extension can't be removed or disabled. > > What is planned for the future? Will the first way stay in parallel to the > policy? Or will it be 'deprecated'. > That mechanism was never an officially supported install mechanism, so I can't speak to its future. > > Regards > Thomas > > -- > Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) > archIT [IT-Management der Fakultät Architektur] > Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Besser > Gebäude 11.40, Raum 010 | Fon +49 721 608 46024 > http://www.arch.kit.edu/fakultaet/it-management.php > > KIT - Die Forschungsuniversität in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft > > > _______________________________________________ > Enterprise mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise > > To unsubscribe from this list, please visit https://mail.mozilla.org/ > listinfo/enterprise or send an email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe" > >
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