Just voted for this bug. We are locking certain prefs in the default installation (for example browser and extension updates are done via packages, so we diable eg "app.update.enabled").
Debian is shipping a patch in their packages, Ubuntu isn't (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/623844). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/541951 Title: Firefox 3.6 does not honour lockPref Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser: In Progress Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: firefox In firefox 3.5 the following worked: Set lockPref("network.proxy.type", 5); in /etc/firefox-3.5/pref/firefox.js Setting lockPref in /etc/firefox/pref/firefox.js in firefox 3.6 does not lock down the proxy. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/541951/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
