OK, rereading this, you really want a policy that removes the "Show
passwords" button on the actual dialog, is that correct?

It's ok if users can edit/copy, but you don't want the password to show on
screen?

That actually sounds like a good idea for a new policy.

Mike

On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 3:46 PM Mike Kaply <[email protected]> wrote:

> So it also displays in the dropdown. I'll look into removing those.
>
> I'm really confused though. Why would you allow people to store password
> but then not be able to see/change them?
>
> If they make a mistake and store a bad password, they can never fix it...
>
> We have a new policy coming that completely removes the password manager,
> but it turns off storing passwords as well because it doesn't make sense to
> store them if a user can't change/remove them.
>
> Mike
>
> On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 3:02 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I think I've found the problem, but no solution. You are correct, it does
>> block the Saved Logins button in the Options. However, directly form the
>> menu I can still get to the logins, and click the "show passwords" button.
>> For security compliance reasons we need to disable the ability to view the
>> saved passwords.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Richard Stone
>> ARED Courts IT
>> 501-604-5349
>>
>>
>>
>> From:        Mike Kaply <[email protected]>
>> To:        [email protected]
>> Cc:        "Mozilla.org" <[email protected]>
>> Date:        10/07/2019 02:50 PM
>> Subject:        Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] Disable Show Password isn't
>> working.
>> ------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>> I just ran a quick check and it's working for me with just this in
>> autoconfig:
>>
>> //
>> lockPref("pref.privacy.disable_button.view_passwords", true);
>>
>> The Saved Logins button is disabled (not Exceptions)
>>
>> I'm wondering if something else is keeping it from processing?
>>
>> Can you move it to the beginning of the file.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 1:32 PM <*[email protected]*
>> <[email protected]>> wrote:
>> This is the exact line I'm putting into the .cfg file:
>> lockPref("pref.privacy.disable_button.view_passwords", true);
>>
>> Other items from the .cfg file are configuring correctly, jut this one
>> does not seam to make any difference. I can still view the saved passwords.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Richard Stone
>> ARED Courts IT
>> 501-604-5349
>>
>>
>>
>> From:        Mike Kaply <*[email protected]* <[email protected]>>
>> To:        *[email protected]*
>> <[email protected]>
>> Cc:        "Mozilla.org" <*[email protected]*
>> <[email protected]>>
>> Date:        10/07/2019 11:49 AM
>> Subject:        Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] Disable Show Password isn't
>> working.
>> ------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>> In the cfg file, lock the pref to true and it should work (lockPref).
>>
>> It has to be locked in order to work.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 11:48 AM <*[email protected]*
>> <[email protected]>> wrote:
>> We will be deploying firefox to a few hundred clients and I want to
>> enable the password manager, but disable the button to show passwords on
>> screen, that's mandatory for our privacy regulations. Whether or not the
>> password manager is a good idea in the first place does not matter here.
>>
>> I am currently testing with firefox 68.1.0esr on Windows 10 enterprise
>> LTSC.
>>
>> Enabling the password manager is no problem, that button to show
>> passwords is what kept me busy for about a day now. There even exists a
>> config that is supposed to just do what i need:
>> pref.privacy.disable_button.view_passwords - But this seems to do nothing
>> if set to true. I've tried it in the .js file and in the .cfg file. nothing
>> changes when I set this to true or to 0.
>>
>>
>> Richard Stone
>> ARED Courts IT
>> 501-604-5349_______________________________________________
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