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Password-Protecting Firefox Browser Options

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I would like to find the easiest way to password-protect just the browser TOOLS Menu so my kids can't go in and change settings like options, proxy addressing, privacy mode, modifying ADD-ONs, etc.

I would like to find the easiest way to password-protect just the browser TOOLS Menu so my kids can't go in and change settings like options, proxy addressing, privacy mode, modifying ADD-ONs, etc.

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Sorry, there are no options for that. And I have never seen an add-on which adds a feature like that to Firefox.

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Locking the tools menu wouldn't help if they know about modifying related prefs directly. There is also the new about:preferences page and the about:addons page to modify extension settings.

How old are those kids?


You can use a mozilla.cfg file in the Firefox program folder to lock prefs or specify new (default) values. For proxy settings this wouldn't be that difficult.

Place a local-settings.js file in the defaults\pref folder where also the channel-prefs.js file is located to specify using mozilla.cfg.

pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg");
pref("general.config.obscure_value", 0);

These functions can be used in the mozilla.cfg file:

defaultPref();	// set new default value
pref();		// set pref, allow changes in current session
lockPref();	// lock pref, disallow changes

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