I'm trying to figure out a couple things w.r.t. CCK2. Hopefully somebody has already figured out how to do some of this. ;)
CCK separation of settings: When using CCK2, does anyone know if it's possible to put certain configuration items into separate files? For example, it would be great to be able to isolate settings such as home pages, bookmarks, popup exception sites, and so on into their own separate config files so I can utilize group policies to be able to push out department-specific settings. I know I can just clone our default university-wide 'cck2.cfg' file and change one department-specific setting like the home page. However, if there's a way I could separate these settings out into their own files that would make managing and targeting them with GPO-pushed files a little easier. I've experimented a little with the AutoConfig "before CCK2" section but I don't think any javascript variables I declare there are visible to the CCK2, as I've tried to declare my own "CustomHomePage" variable but couldn't get it to work. BTW, I'm aware of PolicyPak but I'm trying to do all this with little-to-no budget. ;) CCK content type action modifications: Is it possible to use CCK2 to configure Adobe Reader as the default PDF handler? My preference is to use the option "Use Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (default)" so that Adobe Reader launches externally in its own app rather than inside of Firefox with its plugin...not "Use Adobe Acrobat (in Firefox)". I don't want to disable the internal PDF renderer either in case the user wants/needs to switch to it. I came across https://mike.kaply.com/2013/05/15/setting-default-application-handlers/ which looks useful. But it looks like this requires me to know the path to the EXE ahead of time. Unfortunately I see this path changing over time as newer versions get released such as if they change its name again which will eventually cause upgrade and maintenance problems later on down the road. Does anyone know of a way to "scan" the list of currently available "actions" for a specific "content type" so I can pick and "set" the best one? For example, I would search for all "Adobe Acroba t" actions while excluding the "(in Firefox)" entry and set the first that I find. Thanks for any tips! thanks! -- Scott Copus, Lab Systems Engineer Academic Technology | Western Kentucky University http://www.wku.edu/it/labs -----Original Message----- From: Kasper, Ryan V [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2017 5:43 PM To: Copus, Scott <[email protected]>; [email protected] Cc: Jeremy Moskowitz <[email protected]>; Kaply Consulting ([email protected]) <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Firefox deployment/configuration/update guides? Hi Scott, So for getting it installed... We use MS Configuration Manager 2012. We run the executable downloaded from Mozilla with the /INI command line parameter: /INI=<path to source>\ff_setup.ini Our ff_setup.ini file contains: [Install] ;Use with /INI=<full path to configuration ini file> on cmdline DesktopShortcut=false TaskbarShortcut=false QuickLaunchShortcut=false MaintenanceService=false I believe /INI assumes silent mode... Got this from https://wiki.mozilla.org/Installer:Command_Line_Arguments We keep our prefs in a cfg file out under the Firefox installation directory (Autoconfig - http://mike.kaply.com/2012/03/16/customizing-firefox-autoconfig-files/). To configure Firefox to honor this file populate "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref\local-settings.js" with: pref("general.config.obscure_value", 0); pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg.txt"); Copy your mozilla.cfg.txt out under the root (C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox) and populate with (just some example prefs - proxy, disable WebGL and Updates): defaultPref("network.proxy.autoconfig_url", "http://proxy.example.com/";); defaultPref("network.proxy.type", 2); lockPref("webgl.disabled", true); lockPref("app.update.auto", false); lockPref("app.update.mode", 0); lockPref("app.update.enabled", false); If you want the same experience customizing Firefox that you see available in Chrome with GPO - consider PolicyPak - https://www.policypak.com/... If you want something in the middle (between Autoconfig and PolicyPak) Mike Kaply's CCK2 is a great option - https://mike.kaply.com/cck2/. We use Autoconfig... I hope that helps get you started! Thanks, Ryan Kasper Lockheed Martin Software Distribution [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Enterprise [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Copus, Scott Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2017 3:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: EXTERNAL: [Mozilla Enterprise] Firefox deployment/configuration/update guides? Hi all, FYI, I'm a noob with respect to Firefox ESR/Enterprise and this mailing list. So please bear with me as I try to learn how to manage Firefox in the enterprise hopefully the 'proper' way compared to the way we've always handled it in our environment. My background is an admin for classroom podium computers and computer labs at my university. In an educational setting we try to offer as much as we can to faculty, staff, and students for maximum teaching potential and user choice. We've always included the most recent versions both Firefox and Chrome consumer browsers baked in our images (mainly because I think the enterprise versions didn't exist when we first started down this path). In our environment we run Windows 7/10, domain-joined, don't use roaming profiles, and customize the Windows default user profile via sysprep's audit mode. We also use a disk reboot-to-restore product called Deep Freeze which basically means that every user login is a "new/fresh" login after every boot or restart. We've always customized all the browsers and let these customizations be part of the aforementioned default user profile that then propagate into the new user's Windows profile. However, I'd like to get away from doing it this way and deploy the additional browsers as silent install packages after Windows has been deployed. Most of our browser customizations involve making the user experience as best as possible given our static "locked" lab environment. We disable first-run items, reminders or annoyances and anything date-based like scheduled tasks and such that that like to periodically 'clean up' things (including disabling Firefox's "it looks like you haven't started Firefox in a while"), etc. We also customize home pages, bookmarks, popup blocker exception site lists, etc. depending on the department or situation that's requesting it. For Firefox, some of this is done in a scripted fashion during initial deployment while other things are handled via group policy/GPO (either login scripts that modify browser profile files that contain such settings or just overwriting them with a server copy). Recently I've learned that with the Chrome browser I don't need to go this route of duplicating an entire browser profile anymore. Chrome seems to support configuring all or most of the settings I need customizing using either GPOs and/or a 'master preferences' file. These settings get picked at user's first launch of the browser and a fresh browser's profile gets built around it. So I'm looking to do the same thing above with Firefox. I'm sure it can be done. I'd like to get away our 'big' 15-20MB Firefox default user profile just to replicate the custom settings we want. But there's a lot of old or outdated information out there and I don't know where to start. For example, some tips are specific to older versions since things like file paths/names and preference names change over time. Can anyone point me to any good guides/pages that cover these enterprise management tasks that would still be relative to the most recent versions of Firefox? - initial deployment of Firefox - deploying a baseline Firefox config for new users - maintaining configuration or avoiding configuration drift (i.e. default or enforced policies/settings) - controlled updates of the browser and all its other components (including having a relatively recent malware/phishing database, CRLs, etc. on the local drive) - anything specific to a 'lab' environment (since it can have special circumstances that are different than normal enterprise user management) Are Firefox version upgrades (major, minor, and security updates) typically handled via just deploying the latest EXE over any previous versions? Is there anyone here who doesn't let Firefox upgrade itself but rather use your software deployment or patching system like Altiris/SCCM/LANDESK/Zendesk handle it? What's the general technique? Is there anything to watch out for? Any comments on the virtualization of Firefox such as with App-V? Sorry for the long post. I appreciate any tips or advice even if it's to answer just one of my questions. Thanks! ;) -- Scott Copus, Lab Systems Engineer Academic Technology | Western Kentucky University http://www.wku.edu/it/labs _______________________________________________ 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"
