<div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div>we are trying to roll out an extension to a few thousand users on <span class="" id=":5mg2.1" tabindex="-1" style="">Firefox</span> 68.2 <span class="" id=":5mg2.2" tabindex="-1" style="">ESR</span> (Linux). I would like to use the policies.<span class="" id=":5mg2.3" tabindex="-1" style="">json</span> way and the option "<span class="" id=":5mg2.4" tabindex="-1" style="">ExtensionSettings</span>".</div><div><br></div><div>The extension gets installed, but a user is not able to disable it. Every time <span class="" id=":5mg2.5" tabindex="-1" style="">firefox</span> is installed, the <span class="" id=":5mg2.6" tabindex="-1" style="">Addon</span> is enabled again.</div><div><br></div><div>$ cat /<span class="" id=":5mg2.7" tabindex="-1" style="">usr</span>/lib64/<span class="" id=":5mg2.8" tabindex="-1" style="">firefox</span>/distribution/policies.<span class="" id=":5mg2.9" tabindex="-1" style="">json</span><br></div><div>{<br></div><div>"policies": {<br> "<span class="" id=":5mg2.10" tabindex="-1" style="">ExtensionSettings</span>": {<br> "<span class="" id=":5mg2.11" tabindex="-1" style="">ADDONNAME</span>":{<br> "installation_mode": "normal_installed",<br> "install_<span class="" id=":5mg2.12" tabindex="-1" style="">url</span>": "URL to <span class="" id=":5mg2.13" tabindex="-1" style="">xpi</span>"<br> }<br> }<br> }<br>}<br clear="all"><div><br></div><div>The policy-template page at [0] states:</div><div><br></div><div>"The extension is automatically installed but can be disabled by the user. This option is not valid for the default configuration and requires an install_<span class="" id=":5mg2.14" tabindex="-1" style="">url</span>."</div><div><br></div><div>Any idea why the <span class="" id=":5mg2.15" tabindex="-1" style="">Addon</span> is always enabled again?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div>Oliver</div><div><br></div><div>[0] <span class="" id=":5mg2.16" tabindex="-1" style="">https</span>://<span class="" id=":5mg2.17" tabindex="-1" style="">github</span>.com/<span class="" id=":5mg2.18" tabindex="-1" style="">mozilla</span>/policy-templates#<span class="" id=":5mg2.19" tabindex="-1" style="">extensionupdate</span></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>
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