[Mozilla Enterprise] Disable automatic Update and Update Notifications

[JUSTIAA2]

Would Mozilla consider reinstating that preference. Organizations like the one I work for rely on that preference because of the times we push  out new Firefox versions. We need the ability to disable Automatic updates easily. My organization uses CCK2 and have no dates set to start using GPO policies.

Thanks,
Justin Anderson

From: Enterprise <enterprise-bounces at mozilla.org> On Behalf Of Mike Kaply
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 10:56 AM
To: Gruhm, Sebastian <Sebastian.Gruhm at fu-berlin.de>
Cc: enterprise at mozilla.org
Subject: Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] Disable automatic Update and Update Notifications

You have to use the JSON file or policies.

We've removed the ability to easily turn off updates with preferences, as it was creating problems where users were stuck on older versions.

Mike

On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 2:05 AM Gruhm, Sebastian <Sebastian.Gruhm at fu-berlin.de<mailto:Sebastian.Gruhm at fu-berlin.de>> wrote:
Hello,

in FF 60 ESR i used

lockPref("app.update.enabled", false);
lockPref("app.update.auto", false);
lockPref("app.update.service.enabled", false);

to disable automatic Updates of Firefox. But this does not work anymore. I’ve read that “app.update.enabled” has been removed and found this reddit post https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/bxuvsn/how_to_completely_block_update_checks/ where the solution is to create a file called "policies.json" but it would be nice to stick with the config.cfg file.

Please help. ☺

Mit freundlichem Gruß

Sebastian Gruhm

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