Firefox settings via GPO
I need to change a setting in firefox about:config over 900 or so odd systems. I will only accept a group policy setting to change this. We already have work arounds.
This is the setting I need to change.
network.dns.disableIPv6 = true
Without disabling IPv6 in windows or installing any software, can I change this via group police?
firefox group-policy
edited Jul 11 '12 at 12:20
Der Hochstapler
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asked Jul 28 '10 at 17:07
The Digital Ninja
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I need to change a setting in firefox about:config over 900 or so odd systems. I will only accept a group policy setting to change this. We already have work arounds.
This is the setting I need to change.
network.dns.disableIPv6 = true
Without disabling IPv6 in windows or installing any software, can I change this via group police?
firefox group-policy
edited Jul 11 '12 at 12:20
Der Hochstapler
67.3k49230284
asked Jul 28 '10 at 17:07
The Digital Ninja
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Good news. Firefox ESR is building a Policy Engine which should allow GP integration in the near future: blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2018/01/11/…
– music2myear
Mar 14 at 15:59
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I need to change a setting in firefox about:config over 900 or so odd systems. I will only accept a group policy setting to change this. We already have work arounds.
This is the setting I need to change.
network.dns.disableIPv6 = true
Without disabling IPv6 in windows or installing any software, can I change this via group police?
firefox group-policy
edited Jul 11 '12 at 12:20
Der Hochstapler
67.3k49230284
asked Jul 28 '10 at 17:07
The Digital Ninja
172128
I need to change a setting in firefox about:config over 900 or so odd systems. I will only accept a group policy setting to change this. We already have work arounds.
This is the setting I need to change.
network.dns.disableIPv6 = true
Without disabling IPv6 in windows or installing any software, can I change this via group police?
firefox group-policy
firefox group-policy
edited Jul 11 '12 at 12:20
Der Hochstapler
67.3k49230284
asked Jul 28 '10 at 17:07
The Digital Ninja
172128
edited Jul 11 '12 at 12:20
Der Hochstapler
67.3k49230284
asked Jul 28 '10 at 17:07
The Digital Ninja
172128
edited Jul 11 '12 at 12:20
Der Hochstapler
67.3k49230284
edited Jul 11 '12 at 12:20
Der Hochstapler
67.3k49230284
edited Jul 11 '12 at 12:20
Der Hochstapler
67.3k49230284
67.3k49230284
asked Jul 28 '10 at 17:07
The Digital Ninja
172128
asked Jul 28 '10 at 17:07
The Digital Ninja
172128
asked Jul 28 '10 at 17:07
The Digital Ninja
172128
172128
Good news. Firefox ESR is building a Policy Engine which should allow GP integration in the near future: blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2018/01/11/…
– music2myear
Mar 14 at 15:59
add a comment |
Good news. Firefox ESR is building a Policy Engine which should allow GP integration in the near future: blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2018/01/11/…
– music2myear
Mar 14 at 15:59
Good news. Firefox ESR is building a Policy Engine which should allow GP integration in the near future: blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2018/01/11/…
– music2myear
Mar 14 at 15:59
Good news. Firefox ESR is building a Policy Engine which should allow GP integration in the near future: blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2018/01/11/…
– music2myear
Mar 14 at 15:59
add a comment |
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You cannot manage firefox with group policy. You have to use FrontMotion Firefox Community Edition which had Administrative Templates to manage all the settings in about:config.
The only solution with Group Policy with a regular installation of firefox would be to deploy a script to copy an edited "firefox.js" with the line "pref("network.dns.disableIPv6", true);" to "C:Program FilesMozilla Firefoxdefaultspref".
answered Jul 28 '10 at 18:34
Reflux
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This was once true, but is no longer the case. Firefox even has an Autoconfig option for all the preferences in prefs.js file.
– cybernard
Dec 5 at 18:10
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Even though this was resolve I'd like to mention I created a PowerShell script to do just this as well, works with any Firefox preference and many of the config files.
http://code.remyservices.net/powershell-firefoxpref/
answered Apr 30 '12 at 19:29
David Remy
1,8341010
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Updated answer to this question...
Starting with Firefox v60 (I believe), I recommend starting here:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/firefox-enterprise
There is now built-in GPO support for many (probably the most common) settings. MSI installers are also now available.
answered Dec 5 at 15:36
Bill_Stewart
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Actually there is a way to manage and enforce Mozilla FireFox application settings using Group Policy. It is a product called PolicyPak which is a group policy based desktop management system that integrates third party applications into Group Policy, allowing you to create GPOs to manage user application settings for FireFox and tons of other applications. Using PP you can manage FireFox settings as effectively as you can manage IE with traditional group policy. It even does it better because it locks down the settings as well. PolicyPak has two ways to utilize it for free called community mode and trial mode so you can test it out. Here is the page:
http://www.policypak.com/products/manage-firefox-with-group-policy.html
I want to disclose that I do work for the company that produces PoliyPak.
answered Jul 17 '13 at 0:23
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You cannot manage firefox with group policy. You have to use FrontMotion Firefox Community Edition which had Administrative Templates to manage all the settings in about:config.
The only solution with Group Policy with a regular installation of firefox would be to deploy a script to copy an edited "firefox.js" with the line "pref("network.dns.disableIPv6", true);" to "C:Program FilesMozilla Firefoxdefaultspref".
answered Jul 28 '10 at 18:34
Reflux
28016
This was once true, but is no longer the case. Firefox even has an Autoconfig option for all the preferences in prefs.js file.
– cybernard
Dec 5 at 18:10
add a comment |
You cannot manage firefox with group policy. You have to use FrontMotion Firefox Community Edition which had Administrative Templates to manage all the settings in about:config.
The only solution with Group Policy with a regular installation of firefox would be to deploy a script to copy an edited "firefox.js" with the line "pref("network.dns.disableIPv6", true);" to "C:Program FilesMozilla Firefoxdefaultspref".
answered Jul 28 '10 at 18:34
Reflux
28016
This was once true, but is no longer the case. Firefox even has an Autoconfig option for all the preferences in prefs.js file.
– cybernard
Dec 5 at 18:10
add a comment |
You cannot manage firefox with group policy. You have to use FrontMotion Firefox Community Edition which had Administrative Templates to manage all the settings in about:config.
The only solution with Group Policy with a regular installation of firefox would be to deploy a script to copy an edited "firefox.js" with the line "pref("network.dns.disableIPv6", true);" to "C:Program FilesMozilla Firefoxdefaultspref".
answered Jul 28 '10 at 18:34
Reflux
28016
You cannot manage firefox with group policy. You have to use FrontMotion Firefox Community Edition which had Administrative Templates to manage all the settings in about:config.
The only solution with Group Policy with a regular installation of firefox would be to deploy a script to copy an edited "firefox.js" with the line "pref("network.dns.disableIPv6", true);" to "C:Program FilesMozilla Firefoxdefaultspref".
answered Jul 28 '10 at 18:34
Reflux
28016
answered Jul 28 '10 at 18:34
Reflux
28016
answered Jul 28 '10 at 18:34
Reflux
28016
answered Jul 28 '10 at 18:34
Reflux
28016
28016
This was once true, but is no longer the case. Firefox even has an Autoconfig option for all the preferences in prefs.js file.
– cybernard
Dec 5 at 18:10
add a comment |
This was once true, but is no longer the case. Firefox even has an Autoconfig option for all the preferences in prefs.js file.
– cybernard
Dec 5 at 18:10
This was once true, but is no longer the case. Firefox even has an Autoconfig option for all the preferences in prefs.js file.
– cybernard
Dec 5 at 18:10
This was once true, but is no longer the case. Firefox even has an Autoconfig option for all the preferences in prefs.js file.
– cybernard
Dec 5 at 18:10
add a comment |
Even though this was resolve I'd like to mention I created a PowerShell script to do just this as well, works with any Firefox preference and many of the config files.
http://code.remyservices.net/powershell-firefoxpref/
answered Apr 30 '12 at 19:29
David Remy
1,8341010
add a comment |
Even though this was resolve I'd like to mention I created a PowerShell script to do just this as well, works with any Firefox preference and many of the config files.
http://code.remyservices.net/powershell-firefoxpref/
answered Apr 30 '12 at 19:29
David Remy
1,8341010
add a comment |
Even though this was resolve I'd like to mention I created a PowerShell script to do just this as well, works with any Firefox preference and many of the config files.
http://code.remyservices.net/powershell-firefoxpref/
answered Apr 30 '12 at 19:29
David Remy
1,8341010
Even though this was resolve I'd like to mention I created a PowerShell script to do just this as well, works with any Firefox preference and many of the config files.
http://code.remyservices.net/powershell-firefoxpref/
answered Apr 30 '12 at 19:29
David Remy
1,8341010
answered Apr 30 '12 at 19:29
David Remy
1,8341010
answered Apr 30 '12 at 19:29
David Remy
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Updated answer to this question...
Starting with Firefox v60 (I believe), I recommend starting here:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/firefox-enterprise
There is now built-in GPO support for many (probably the most common) settings. MSI installers are also now available.
answered Dec 5 at 15:36
Bill_Stewart
587311
add a comment |
Updated answer to this question...
Starting with Firefox v60 (I believe), I recommend starting here:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/firefox-enterprise
There is now built-in GPO support for many (probably the most common) settings. MSI installers are also now available.
answered Dec 5 at 15:36
Bill_Stewart
587311
add a comment |
Updated answer to this question...
Starting with Firefox v60 (I believe), I recommend starting here:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/firefox-enterprise
There is now built-in GPO support for many (probably the most common) settings. MSI installers are also now available.
answered Dec 5 at 15:36
Bill_Stewart
587311
Updated answer to this question...
Starting with Firefox v60 (I believe), I recommend starting here:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/firefox-enterprise
There is now built-in GPO support for many (probably the most common) settings. MSI installers are also now available.
answered Dec 5 at 15:36
Bill_Stewart
587311
answered Dec 5 at 15:36
Bill_Stewart
587311
answered Dec 5 at 15:36
Bill_Stewart
587311
answered Dec 5 at 15:36
Bill_Stewart
587311
587311
add a comment |
add a comment |
Actually there is a way to manage and enforce Mozilla FireFox application settings using Group Policy. It is a product called PolicyPak which is a group policy based desktop management system that integrates third party applications into Group Policy, allowing you to create GPOs to manage user application settings for FireFox and tons of other applications. Using PP you can manage FireFox settings as effectively as you can manage IE with traditional group policy. It even does it better because it locks down the settings as well. PolicyPak has two ways to utilize it for free called community mode and trial mode so you can test it out. Here is the page:
http://www.policypak.com/products/manage-firefox-with-group-policy.html
I want to disclose that I do work for the company that produces PoliyPak.
answered Jul 17 '13 at 0:23
Brad
11
add a comment |
Actually there is a way to manage and enforce Mozilla FireFox application settings using Group Policy. It is a product called PolicyPak which is a group policy based desktop management system that integrates third party applications into Group Policy, allowing you to create GPOs to manage user application settings for FireFox and tons of other applications. Using PP you can manage FireFox settings as effectively as you can manage IE with traditional group policy. It even does it better because it locks down the settings as well. PolicyPak has two ways to utilize it for free called community mode and trial mode so you can test it out. Here is the page:
http://www.policypak.com/products/manage-firefox-with-group-policy.html
I want to disclose that I do work for the company that produces PoliyPak.
answered Jul 17 '13 at 0:23
Brad
11
add a comment |
Actually there is a way to manage and enforce Mozilla FireFox application settings using Group Policy. It is a product called PolicyPak which is a group policy based desktop management system that integrates third party applications into Group Policy, allowing you to create GPOs to manage user application settings for FireFox and tons of other applications. Using PP you can manage FireFox settings as effectively as you can manage IE with traditional group policy. It even does it better because it locks down the settings as well. PolicyPak has two ways to utilize it for free called community mode and trial mode so you can test it out. Here is the page:
http://www.policypak.com/products/manage-firefox-with-group-policy.html
I want to disclose that I do work for the company that produces PoliyPak.
answered Jul 17 '13 at 0:23
Brad
11
Actually there is a way to manage and enforce Mozilla FireFox application settings using Group Policy. It is a product called PolicyPak which is a group policy based desktop management system that integrates third party applications into Group Policy, allowing you to create GPOs to manage user application settings for FireFox and tons of other applications. Using PP you can manage FireFox settings as effectively as you can manage IE with traditional group policy. It even does it better because it locks down the settings as well. PolicyPak has two ways to utilize it for free called community mode and trial mode so you can test it out. Here is the page:
http://www.policypak.com/products/manage-firefox-with-group-policy.html
I want to disclose that I do work for the company that produces PoliyPak.
answered Jul 17 '13 at 0:23
Brad
11
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answered Jul 17 '13 at 0:23
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Good news. Firefox ESR is building a Policy Engine which should allow GP integration in the near future: blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2018/01/11/…
– music2myear
Mar 14 at 15:59