Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] Installing and enabling an add-on silently

[Nick Guenther]

I've been trying to get uBlock Origin installed for my users, running
Firefox 52.6 ESR on Debian. I successfully have a silent-install
happening on by:

- placing the .xpi as
/usr/lib/firefox-esr/distribution/extensions/ublo...@raymondhill.net.xpi
on all our systems, and making sure every user has read permissions to
that file
- rm -r ~/.mozilla
- starting Firefox as an unprivileged user, which copies uBlock into
~/.mozilla/firefox/$PROFILE/extensions/ublo...@raymondhill.net.xpi

It was a bit tricky to figure out, especially because you can't really
test it without wiping away your profile completely, but it seems to
be reliable now.

I have pref("extensions.autoDisableScopes", 3); set in
/usr/lib/firefox-esr/browser/defaults/preferences/firefox.js, which
came with Debian's firefox-esr package, but if I didn't have that I
would have had to add a file to that folder, say
/usr/lib/firefox-esr/browser/defaults/preferences/extensions.js, with

// Necessary comment
pref("extensions.autoDisableScopes", 3);
// necessary newline:

(this is described at
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Enterprise_deployment#Configuration
but those docs are pretty confusing and seem to be at least partly out
of date).



Now I have a new challenge: I want to define uBlock's default
blocklists; its default list is alright, but I want to crank up the
adblocking in order to save our poor machines' RAM.

Marco Gaiarin  wrote:

> Some addons (i've found only ABP, Ad-Block Plus for now) need some
> post-activation explicit setup (eg, ABP need to ask what blocklist
> download), and you have to do that, user by user, or sometimes setup
> some pre-cooked settings (js) files.

My installed uBlock has made
~/.mozilla/firefox/$PROFILE/browser-extension-data/ublo...@raymondhill.net/storage.js,
which seems to contain all its preferences. If I manually re-copy
storage.js to the same place in a fresh profile, uBlock picks it up
and has my fuller blacklist defined.

I tried copying browser-extension-data/ to
/usr/lib/firefox-esr/distribution/ (and making sure the permissions
are correct and making sure to wipe my profiles each time) but Firefox
ignores it.

So, my question is: is there a canonical way to hand out add-on configuration?

For addons that use the Firefox preference system, it's easy: just add
files to /usr/lib/firefox-esr/browser/defaults/preferences/. But it
seems that Firefox has been heading towards more and more isolation --
which is a good thing -- while forgetting that extensions have
settings too. I'm stumped.

I would really rather not write a cronjob that syncs storage.js into
every home folder every 10 minutes. There's got to be a better way.

Thank you for your time and any clues you can toss my way,
-- 
Nick Guenther
Soutiens Technique
IT Support
Santropol Roulant Inc
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Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] Layout options in latest versions of FF

[Paul Kosinski]

I agree *totally* with point #1 and #2!

Text labels on the toolbar are much more understandable than cryptic
icons. Also, the multi-language problem has long since been solved.

Tabs should not be forced to be on top! I am convinced that Google did
this in Chrome to de-emphasize the general purpose nature of computers
and imply that the Web -- i.e., Google and their services -- was *the*
important thing. 


On Thu, 15 Feb 2018 18:19:41 -0500
"John R. Sweet"  wrote:

> Greetings Folks,
> 
> We are holding firm with v. 52.5.3esr and not allowing any updates
> until some of the issues are resolved.  We have at least one
> important add-on in the old format.  I am talking with its developer,
> hoping that it will be brought up to the new standard.  I'm not sure
> about a couple of other add-ons.  Is there any way to find out
> whether these will work with the newer FF versions without doing the
> installation and then finding that some add-ons do not work?
> 
> In addition to add-on issues, there are two important layout options
> that are missing from the latest versions.  Do the FF developers at
> Mozilla read this e-mail thread?  If not, how should I go about
> getting their attention so that these options can be restored?
> Please see the attached screen shot.
> 
> 1.  We want text buttons in the toolbar.  Everyone here reads and
> understands English.  We do not want inscrutable little icons when
> simple English words will serve better.  This is an option in all
> versions up to 56 but not in 57.
> 
> 2.  The tab bar belongs /below/ the toobar, next to the pages that it
> represents, not separated from those pages by a misplaced toolbar.
> This too is an option in versions up to 56 but not in 57.
> 
> These should be easy fixes.  Please help me get this request to the
> developer.
> 
> Thanks and Best Wishes,JRS
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[Mozilla Enterprise] Layout options in latest versions of FF

[John R. Sweet]

Greetings Folks,

We are holding firm with v. 52.5.3esr and not allowing any updates until some 
of the issues are resolved.  We have at least one important add-on in the old 
format.  I am talking with its developer, hoping that it will be brought up to 
the new standard.  I'm not sure about a couple of other add-ons.  Is there any 
way to find out whether these will work with the newer FF versions without 
doing the installation and then finding that some add-ons do not work?

In addition to add-on issues, there are two important layout options that are 
missing from the latest versions.  Do the FF developers at Mozilla read this 
e-mail thread?  If not, how should I go about getting their attention so that 
these options can be restored?  Please see the attached screen shot.

1.  We want text buttons in the toolbar.  Everyone here reads and understands 
English.  We do not want inscrutable little icons when simple English words 
will serve better.  This is an option in all versions up to 56 but not in 57.

2.  The tab bar belongs /below/ the toobar, next to the pages that it 
represents, not separated from those pages by a misplaced toolbar.  This too is 
an option in versions up to 56 but not in 57.

These should be easy fixes.  Please help me get this request to the developer.

Thanks and Best Wishes,JRS
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[Mozilla Enterprise] Enforce Addons to always load/run

[McCoy, Chris]

We are needing to lock down and manage the deployment and functionality of 
Firefox in our environment.  While I've found quite a bit of information on how 
to manage different settings, including blocking addons from running, I've had 
a hard time finding information on how to force an addon to run and prevent 
users from disabling.  We have two different addons from Mcafee (DLP and 
WebControl) that we need to ensure are running in the browser at all times.  Is 
there a way via config, gpo or some other means, to make this happen?

Thanks in advance,
Chris

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Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] Investigate why so many people wrongly subscribe to this list (was: RE: Quantum ESR)

[James Pearson]

James Pearson wrote:
>>>
>>> While we’re making adjustments, the section on “How do I configure
>>> Firefox for my organization?” should definitely link to the actual
>>> community-supported answer to that question, namely
>>> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Enterprise_deployment.
>>> The “Enterprise Wiki” doesn’t appear to contain any info of immediate
>>> use to sysadmins
>>
>> Probably worth requesting this via https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ as a
>> new 'bug' - under 'Product: www.mozilla.org' and 'Component: Pages &
>> Content'
> 
> I've submitted a bug for the above:
> 
>https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1427250

Mozilla have now made the above change to 
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/

James Pearson
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Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] " Remember History" should be enabled always

[A. Eckart]

could please take me out of that email loop?!

On 15-02-2018 10:21, Kumar Kondru wrote:

Hi James,

Thank you so much for helping me with this
lockPref("places.history.enabled", true); 

But , we are looking to disable private browsing in Firefox (in GUI)
permanently for production users .Can you please help me on this

 lockPref("browser.privatebrowsing.autostart", false); this is not we


/Ajay

-Original Message-
From: James Pearson [mailto:jame...@moving-picture.com]
Sent: den 14 februari 2018 17:34
To: Kumar Kondru ; enterprise@mozilla.org
Subject: Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] " Remember History" should be enabled 
always


Kumar Kondru wrote:


I want to keep " Remember History" in privacy tab as users are
changing the settings in production. And, we should not allow user to
change it from " Remember History" to others (Never remember history,
use custom settings for history)

I tried hard to make changes via config file but it didn't help. So,
Kindly help me to keep " Remember History" always via config file


You don't say what config changes you've made - but I think you can
achieve this by adding the following to your autoconfig cfg file:

  lockPref("places.history.enabled", true);
  lockPref("browser.privatebrowsing.autostart", false);

This appears to prevent users selecting 'Never remember history', but
does allow 'Use custom settings for history' - with 'Remember my
browsing and download history' locked to 'on'

I guess you will also want to disable Private Browsing ? - if so, then
this can be done via CCK2 - which also removes the 'Never remember
history' menu item

James Pearson

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Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] " Remember History" should be enabled always

[James Pearson]

Kumar Kondru wrote:
> 
> Thank you so much for helping me with this lockPref("places.history.enabled", 
> true); 
> 
> But , we are looking to disable private browsing in Firefox (in GUI) 
> permanently for production users .Can you please help me on this
> 
>   lockPref("browser.privatebrowsing.autostart", false); this is not we

I don't think it is possible to disable private browsing via preferences 
alone

However, CCK2 can do this (plus lots of other useful things) - if you 
don't know what CCK2 is - then have a look at 
https://mike.kaply.com/cck2/ and other posts at https://mike.kaply.com/

James Pearson
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Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] " Remember History" should be enabled always

[Kumar Kondru]

Hi James,

Thank you so much for helping me with this lockPref("places.history.enabled", 
true); 

But , we are looking to disable private browsing in Firefox (in GUI) 
permanently for production users .Can you please help me on this

 lockPref("browser.privatebrowsing.autostart", false); this is not we


/Ajay

-Original Message-
From: James Pearson [mailto:jame...@moving-picture.com]
Sent: den 14 februari 2018 17:34
To: Kumar Kondru ; enterprise@mozilla.org
Subject: Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] " Remember History" should be enabled always

Kumar Kondru wrote:
>
> I want to keep " Remember History" in privacy tab as users are
> changing the settings in production. And, we should not allow user to
> change it from " Remember History" to others (Never remember history,
> use custom settings for history)
>
> I tried hard to make changes via config file but it didn't help. So,
> Kindly help me to keep " Remember History" always via config file

You don't say what config changes you've made - but I think you can achieve 
this by adding the following to your autoconfig cfg file:

  lockPref("places.history.enabled", true);
  lockPref("browser.privatebrowsing.autostart", false);

This appears to prevent users selecting 'Never remember history', but does 
allow 'Use custom settings for history' - with 'Remember my browsing and 
download history' locked to 'on'

I guess you will also want to disable Private Browsing ? - if so, then this can 
be done via CCK2 - which also removes the 'Never remember history' menu item

James Pearson

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