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what file on a mac controls the group policy - json or plist file ?

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I have read where to implement a policy, a policies.json file needs to be created. I have done that and it works (only problem a user can change it in preferences menu).

I downloaded policy templates v1.6 and it has a file org.moziila.firefox.plist. Putting this file in /Library/Preferences/ has not worked. Also about:policies at the address line shows no active policies.

I have tried putting org.moziila.firefox.plist in /Library/Preferences/ and ~/Library/Preferences/ doesn't work.

What am I doing wrong ? Thanks for your help !! firefox version enterprise 66.0.2 OS Mojave 10.14.3

I have read where to implement a policy, a policies.json file needs to be created. I have done that and it works (only problem a user can change it in preferences menu). I downloaded policy templates v1.6 and it has a file org.moziila.firefox.plist. Putting this file in /Library/Preferences/ has not worked. Also about:policies at the address line shows no active policies. I have tried putting org.moziila.firefox.plist in /Library/Preferences/ and ~/Library/Preferences/ doesn't work. What am I doing wrong ? Thanks for your help !! firefox version enterprise 66.0.2 OS Mojave 10.14.3

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The plist file must be converted to a mobileconfig file in order to be installed to the user.

See:

https://github.com/timsutton/mcxToProfile

Or use something like Profile Creator:

https://github.com/erikberglund/ProfileCreator

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See:

  • Bug 1445943 - Enterprise Policy support for macOS via `defaults write` and configuration profiles

(please do not comment in bug reports
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=etiquette.html
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The plist file must be converted to a mobileconfig file in order to be installed to the user.

See:

https://github.com/timsutton/mcxToProfile

Or use something like Profile Creator:

https://github.com/erikberglund/ProfileCreator

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thanks for your help. I was able to create a profile with a plist file. I was testing things on my computer and now when trying to get a clean install of firefox … I get "your browser is being maintained by your organization". How do I get rid of that... also when I enter about:policies I get "The enterprise policies service is active but there are no policies enabled". my current firefox version is firefox quantum 68.0.1 64bit

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> I get "your browser is being maintained by your organization". How do I get rid of that...

You can't. That is to notify the user that their machine is being managed.

> also when I enter about:policies I get "The enterprise policies service is active but there are no policies enabled".

It sounds like there are no settings in your plist file? Just enabling policies.