Password-Protecting Firefox Browser Options
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.
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.
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/network.proxy.type
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/network.proxy.%28protocol%29
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/network.proxy.%28protocol%29_port
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
See:
See also:
- CCK2 Wizard: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/cck2wizard/