On 7 Aug 2014 at 15:36, Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife wrote:
> Our organization is moving towards using a proxy for internet browsing.
> Trouble is, we allow multiple browsers (IE, Chrome and Firefox). Chrome is
> easy since it uses the settings from IE, and IE has GPO settings I can use.
> But Firefox doesn't. I've found a couple of tools on the internet, but was
> wondering if anyone here had hands-on experience doing this already, and had
> a preferred method they'd like to share.
When I tested this several years (and versions of
Firefox) ago it worked as designed and I used it to lock
down some Firefox settings. I haven't tested it using
current versions of Firefox.
According to this Mozilla KB page:
Network.proxy.type - MozillaZine Knowledge Base
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.proxy.type
it is possible to make Firefox use the "system proxy"
settings.
This Mozilla KB page:
Locking preferences - MozillaZine Knowledge Base
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locking_preferences
shows how to lock preferences and uses
"network.proxy.type" as an example. Basically you create
a "mozilla.cfg" file and copy it to the installation
directory (usually "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla
Firefox") where users don't have write-rights and that
locks the preferences that have been set in
"mozilla.cfg".
Also, this page has some suggestions which may be
helpful, and since it refers to Firefox 30, it's almost
current:
Install and Configure Firefox 30 silently using SCCM | IT Support Guides
http://www.itsupportguides.com/configmgr-sccm/install-and-configure-firefox-silently/
To configure the Firefox default settings at
the application level for all new and existing
users you will need to use a customised config
file. There is one thing to note, that is that
once the settings are configured [they] can not
be changed by the user, whether or not you use
`pref´ or `lockPref´. The following process has
been tested and confirmed as working with
Firefox 30 and SCCM R3 on Windows XP x86,
Windows 7 x86, Windows 7 x64, Windows 8 x86 as
well as Windows 8 x64. It does the following
tasks:
