Problem with mozilla.cfg file and getting settings to apply.

[Jmariscal]

OK, I have followed a ton of advice and instructions to get a custom locked down config for FireFox 3.6.8. I changed the all.js file successfully. However, most of the mozilla.cfg settings are applied, but are ignored. Please see the screenshot for an example. I am trying a very simple file to test:

 

//

try {

lockPref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://newsletter.ttc.home/");

lockPref("Privacy.clearOnShutdown.cache", true);

lockPref("Privacy.clearOnShutdown.history", true);

} catch(e) {

// displayError("lockedPref", e);

}

 

http://www.ttc-ms.com/test/images/privacysettings.jpg

 

but as you can see from the screenshot, and in testing, it does not clear the history. The homepage works everytime though, even if I change it.

 

An interesting observation, when I apply the new all.js file and the mozilla.cfg to a fresh install of FF, upon first launch, NONE of the settings are followed. Only AFTER you open and close it the first time does anything work.

[Arthur]

Can you try the following?

 

//
try {
lockPref("browser.startup.page", 1);
lockPref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://newsletter.ttc.home/");
lockPref("privacy.sanitize.promptOnSanitize", false);
lockPref("privacy.sanitize.sanitizeOnShutdown", true); // Always clear my private data when I close Firefox
lockPref("privacy.sanitize.timeSpan", 0); // 0 = Clear everything
lockPref("Privacy.clearOnShutdown.cache", true);
lockPref("Privacy.clearOnShutdown.history", true);
} catch(e) {
// displayError("lockedPref", e);
}

[Jmariscal]

It is doing the same thing (only partially working).

 

I am using Automatic Mozilla Configurator to convert the TXT to CFG.

 

The line I added in the all.js is

pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg");

 

New screenshot:

 

http://www.ttc-ms.com/test/images/testsettings.jpg

[Arthur]

The line I added in the all.js is

pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg");

 

I usually add the following two lines to the end of my all.js so that I do not have to keep converting the mozilla.cfg file each time I update it. This makes troubleshooting issues a lot easier and our users are restricted so they can't modify this file anyway. I then copy my unencrypted mozilla.cfg file directly into the Mozilla Firefox folder within Program Files and it just works.

 

[b]pref("general.config.obscure_value", 0);[/b]
pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg");

 

 

This might be worth a try since it will help to eliminate any issues with the conversion of the mozilla.cfg file.

[Arthur]

I just had another look at my mozilla.cfg file and noticed I do not have \\ before displayError. This might be worth removing too perhaps?

 

//
try {
lockPref("browser.startup.page", 1);
lockPref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://newsletter.ttc.home/");
lockPref("privacy.sanitize.promptOnSanitize", false);
lockPref("privacy.sanitize.sanitizeOnShutdown", true); // Always clear my private data when I close Firefox
lockPref("privacy.sanitize.timeSpan", 0); // 0 = Clear everything
lockPref("Privacy.clearOnShutdown.cache", true);
lockPref("Privacy.clearOnShutdown.history", true);
} catch(e) {
displayError("lockedPref", e);
}

[Jmariscal]

Thank you for your help on this, but it is still not working. I put your lines in

 

pref("general.config.obscure_value", 0);

pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg");

 

at the bottom of the all.js file, but now it wont see the mozilla.cfg AT ALL. When I took out the line

pref("general.config.obscure_value", 0); I got it back to seeing the correct homepage, but no sanitize or other settings. What am I missing?

 

BTW- This is being tested on 3.6.8

[Jmariscal]

OK, It is working now. Thank you Arthur! Edited August 16, 2010 by Jmariscal

[Arthur]

Glad to hear you got it working. What did you do differently?

[Jmariscal]

Since we are locked down, I am able to use the unencoded mozilla.cfg file. It seems the problem lied with the encoding.