[Mozilla Enterprise] FF v68.1 ESR Homepage issue

[Mike Kaply]

On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 12:10 PM JUSTIAA2 <JUSTIAA2 at ucia.gov> wrote:

> I have multiple profiles all with different Homepages, each using the
> user.js file to set the default page, but want the ability for users to
> change their Homepage if they want. I’m not sure autoconfig will help? What
> other way can I set different settings for multiple Firefox profiles (over
> 30), without using a user.js file?
>

user.js sets user preferences (not default preferences). So it will always
override the user choice (that's what it's meant to do).

Default preferences aren't set on a per profile basis.

So there's no easy way to have a default homepage per profile that the user
can then change and not have it be overwritten.

If the 30 profiles were always the same 30 profiles, you might be able to
do something with autoconfig that did per profile homepages, but that's all
I can think of.

Mike



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> *From:* Mike Kaply <mkaply at mozilla.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, September 06, 2019 12:59 PM
> *To:* JUSTIAA2 <JUSTIAA2 at ucia.gov>
> *Cc:* enterprise at mozilla.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] FF v68.1 ESR Homepage issue
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> user.js works by setting the user preference, so it will always override
> user choice.
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> You should use policy or autoconfig to set a default homepage. not user.js.
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> On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 7:08 AM JUSTIAA2 <JUSTIAA2 at ucia.gov> wrote:
>
> Also, we use multiple firefox profiles, each with different preference
> settings. We use a user.js to set the homepages, proxy settings…etc. I
> noticed that if I comment the preference setting that sets the homepage, I
> can set my default homepage, close out of Firefox, bring it up and it
> stays. Is there a way to change the homepage and still use the user.js file
> to set a default homepage on initial startup?
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> *From:* Enterprise <enterprise-bounces at mozilla.org> *On Behalf Of *
> JUSTIAA2
> *Sent:* Friday, September 06, 2019 7:14 AM
> *To:* enterprise at mozilla.org
> *Subject:* [Mozilla Enterprise] FF v68.1 ESR Homepage issue
>
>
>
> Good Morning,
>
>
>
> I just installed FF v68.1. I’ve set my homepage to www.yahoo.com, but
> when I close out of Firefox and restart it. The homepage goes back to an
> enterprise default Homepage that I’ve set up. What could cause this? Any
> help would be greatly appreciated
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> Thanks,
>
> Justin Anderson
>
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