[wpkg-users] Fwd: Re: Disable firefox/thunderbird update for non-admin users

[Nils Thiele]

Hey,
to block firefox or thunderbird updates for all users you have to do the 
following:

create two files with following data:

1. settings.js:
pref("general.config.obscure_value", 0);
pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg");

2. mozilla.cfg:
//
// Disable automatic updates
lockPref("app.update.enabled", false);
lockPref("app.update.auto", false);

The "mozilla.cfg" file needs to be placed in the ff/tb root directory 
("c:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\) and the "settings.js" file 
needs to be placed in:
%FF/TB-Root%\defaults\pref\


So to deploy these settings with wpkg you just have to add the 2 files 
to a directory on your server and add something like this to your ff/tb 
package file:
<install cmd='%COMSPEC% /c copy /y "%SOFTWARE%\firefox\settings.js" 
"%FIREFOX-ROOT%\defaults\pref\"' />
<install cmd='%COMSPEC% /c copy /y "%SOFTWARE%\firefox\mozilla.cfg" 
"%FIREFOX-ROOT%\"' />

Hope this helps.

PS:
You can use the same settings files for both thunderbird and firefox.

Greetings,
Nils

Am 07.10.2015 um 09:57 schrieb Holger Kröber:
> Hi,
>
> when a new version of firefox/thunderbird (ff/tb) is released, the 
> users will be notified
> very soon. Often there is not enough time to test and deploy the new 
> version before the
> users get the update notification. Since most users don´t have admin 
> rights, this results in help desk calls.
> How do you manage this in your environment? Do you use WPGK to copy a 
> preconfigured
> user.js or do you inject the settings directly into the prefs.js? Or 
> do you use Group Policy Preferences?
> I guess WPKG is designed for running in the security context of the 
> computer (at startup), but in this case the user context would be 
> preferable.
> I would like to do the following:
>
>   * running wpkg at logon (not startup)
>   * pick the correct path to the ff/tb profile folder
>     how? there might be one ore more profiles...maybe with a script:
>     for each subfolder in rootfolder do...or by reading the
>     profiles.ini...
>   * disable auto updates via user.js or prefs.js (but only for
>     non-admin users)
>   * be happy ;)
>
> Regards,
> Holger
>
>
>
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