Hi Mike,
I use the CCK to configure the following settings below. This is from my old
homegrown GPO template. I customized the CCK; it reads the GPO registry keys
and applies them during Firefox startup. I haven’t had time to review the
latest Firefox GPO template, so I’m sure a lot of these CCK setings are already
covered in policies. I also realize that some of these below no longer apply
on newer Firefox versions, but we still support computers with old images and
old Firefox versions too that still need some of these settings applied.
Do you ever envision the ability to set custom browser preferences by an
arbitrary string… such as my “preferences” settings below?
Also, in our lab/classroom environments all users are pretty much “new” users
with “new” Windows/OS profiles most of the time. In this environment, the
“first run” experience needs to be the same as “subsequent” launches of
Firefox. This has proven to be a challenge sometimes to get working correctly
with Google’s Chrome. I know this request is a little out of this scope
regarding policy feedback, but thought I would mention it since I don’t know if
“first run” logic is (or could) make its way into the policy engine.
Hope this helps,
Scott
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Scott Copus, Desktop Support Engineer
Information Technology Services | Western Kentucky University
Mozilla/Firefox
Policy
Setting
Comment
disableCrashReporter<javascript:void();>
Enabled
disableFirefoxHealthReport<javascript:void();>
Enabled
disableFirefoxHealthReportUpload<javascript:void();>
Enabled
disableHeartbeat<javascript:void();>
Enabled
disableHello<javascript:void();>
Enabled
disableResetFirefox<javascript:void();>
Enabled
disableTelemetry<javascript:void();>
Enabled
displayBookmarksToolbar<javascript:void();>
Enabled
dontCheckDefaultBrowser<javascript:void();>
Enabled
dontRememberPasswords<javascript:void();>
Enabled
dontShowRights<javascript:void();>
Enabled
homePage<javascript:void();>
Enabled
homePage
<hidden>
Policy
Setting
Comment
lockHomePage<javascript:void();>
Enabled
noAddonCompatibilityCheck<javascript:void();>
Enabled
permissions<javascript:void();>
Enabled
permissions (allow popups for certain websites)
JSON:{"<website1.com>":{"popup":1},"website2":{"popup":1}}
Policy
Setting
Comment
preferences<javascript:void();>
Enabled
preferences
JSON:{"app.update.enabled":{"value":false},"app.update.auto":{"value":false},"browser.download.folderList":{"value":0},
"browser.taskbar.previews.enable":{"value":true},"browser.urlbar.suggest.searches":{"value":true},"browser.formfill.enable":{"value":false},
"browser.newtabpage.enhanced":{"value":false},"browser.reader.detectedFirstArticle":{"value":true},"browser.search.update":{"value":false},
"browser.slowStartup.notificationDisabled":{"value":true},"extensions.blocklist.enabled":{"value":false},"extensions.update.enabled":{"value":false},
"extensions.autoDisableScopes":{"value":3},"media.eme.enabled":{"value":false},"media.gmp-gmpopenh264.enabled":{"value":false},
"places.history.enabled":{"value":false},"plugin.state.java":{"value":2},"plugin.state.nppdf":{"value":2},"plugin.state.npvlc":{"value":2},
"plugin.state.np-mswmp":{"value":2},"plugin.state.np32dsw":{"value":2},"plugin.state.npctrl":{"value":2},"plugin.state.npspwrap":{"value":2},
"plugins.load_appdir_plugins":{"value":true},"print.save_print_settings":{"value":false},
"privacy.sanitize.sanitizeOnShutdown":{"value":true},"toolkit.telemetry.unified":{"value":false}}
Policy
Setting
Comment
removeSnippets<javascript:void();>
Enabled
Disable Firefox Studies<javascript:void();>
Enabled
Disable Master Password Creation<javascript:void();>
Enabled
Disable Profile Import<javascript:void();>
Enabled
Disable Profile Refresh<javascript:void();>
Enabled
Disable Telemetry<javascript:void();>
Enabled
Display Bookmarks Toolbar<javascript:void();>
Enabled
Don't Check Default Browser<javascript:void();>
Enabled
Offer to save logins<javascript:void();>
Disabled
Mozilla/Firefox/Home page
Policy
Setting
Comment
URL for Home page<javascript:void();>
Enabled
URL:
<hidden>
Don't allow the homepage to be changed.
Enabled
Mozilla/Firefox/Search
Policy
Setting
Comment
Default Search Engine<javascript:void();>
Enabled
Google
From: Enterprise [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Kaply
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 10:22 AM
To: Mozilla.org <[email protected]>
Subject: [Mozilla Enterprise] What Missing Policies are preventing you from
migrating?
** This message originated from outside WKU. Always use caution following
links. **
With Firefox 64 (and Firefox ESR 60.4), we've added some important policies
that have prevented folks from using the new policy support:
1. Selecting a default locale.
2. Installing certificates
3. Adding security devices
4. Setting the start page
We've also added support for Mac configuration profiles.
So here's my question:
Besides setting arbitrary preferences, is there some specific thing that you
could do with Autoconfig or CCK2 that is preventing you from using policy?
We're trying to prioritize future policy work, and just having a list of
preferences folks want to set isn't really enough. I want to know what specific
things you want to do via policy that you can't do today. And if it is a
preference, I'd be really interested in knowing the "why" of setting that
preference, not just "we need to set that preference."
Thanks!
Mike Kaply
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