> Do cookies use the profile name? No, definitely... some browsers do not have "profile names"... The info a website can get from the user is very very limited...
2015-01-09 13:19 GMT-02:00 John Hupp <[email protected]>: > On 1/9/2015 7:02 AM, Eric Bradshaw wrote: > > Hello, all. > In Firefox for the initial user on a system, I want to customize it > (settings, add-ons, etc) and then propagate that setup to any new users > created. > I was reading https://wiki.mozilla.org/Deployment:Deploying_Firefox, but > several of the add-ons and links of interest (e.g. firefox.dbltree.com > <http://firefox.dbltree.com> and CCK add-on > <https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/cck/>) no longer exist. > Anyone know a way? > --John > P.S. Next on my to-do list is a close look at SystemBack, which will > perhaps handle this chore, but for the moment I was looking at > application-native methods of doing such things. For instance, for > certain purposes I can modify the files installed by > lubuntu-default-settings. I have also had a little look at /etc/skel > and /etc/profile.d, though those two seem to have limited use in Lubuntu. > > ---------- > > John, > > User addons for Firefox are (for the most part I believe) .xpi files and > are stored in > home/theusername/.mozilla/firefox/crazymixof#s&letters.default-stringof#s/extensions. > > You propagate the settings, addons, bookmarks, etc. to newly created > users by including the whole .mozilla folder in /etc/skel. Including things > in skel is the default way (in any *buntu) to ensure new users have the > same "settings," or "profile" as the user account the system/distro/respin > is being created on. > > However, Systemback automatically picks up the settings/profile of the > user account used to create the backup ("Live system create" in my case) > when the box to "Include user data files" is checked. As far as I can tell; > everything I'd usually have to specifically include in skel is > automatically carried over. > > So, that means I no longer have to make sure I include the latest > ".whatever" folders in skel to pass on the settings for several different > applications (including Firefox) to the newly created users. I simply set > up the user account - I'm using Systemback on - the way I want it to be, > before I create the live system. > > By the way; I set aside a separate machine (though a different user > account would probably work just as well) for system creation as I'd > imagine either method on a computer/account I use for myself would be too > easily "contaminated" with my own stuff. > > Eric > > ---- > > Thank you, > God bless you, > Computers4Christians > http://computers4christians.org/ > > > Thanks Eric, for the additional info on the behavior of Systemback. I'll > be looking at that soon. Also the confirmation that /etc/skel is fully > respected as the general-purpose tool for propagating files to new users. > It seems like it would probably work for my purposes. > > But to raise a few prospective issues: I'm talking about propagating a > Firefox setup *on a single machine* to additional new users. The skel > method would create identically-named profiles for each of those users, > which is not what Firefox does in an ordinary new installation. But that > would not be a problem because they would be in different sessions and not > know about each other, unless perhaps the user made use of the Firefox Sync > feature? Do cookies use the profile name? > > And in the meantime, I found veteran Firefox developer Mike Kaply and the > many informative articles that he has generously written. For instance: > Integrating Add-ons into Firefox > <http://mike.kaply.com/2012/02/09/integrating-add-ons-into-firefox/> > Distribution.ini > <http://mike.kaply.com/2012/03/26/customizing-firefox-distribution-ini/> > Default Preferences Files > <http://mike.kaply.com/2012/03/15/customizing-firefox-default-preference-files/> > Autoconfig Files > <http://mike.kaply.com/2012/03/16/customizing-firefox-autoconfig-files/> > Default Profiles > <http://mike.kaply.com/2012/03/30/customizing-firefox-default-profiles/> > > Those articles provide at least two native Firefox methods for each of my > goals (propagating settings and also add-ons). > > Kaply also recently released CCK2, which replaces the CCK I found was no > longer available (from my original post). I understand CCK2 to be an > add-on that provides a front-end for the methods described in his articles > like the ones above. > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users > >
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