The configuration file cannot be read on Mac Sierra, ESR 54
Mac OS Sierra
Firefox ESR 52.4.0 (64-bit)
# cd /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/Resources/defaults/pref/
# ls -lah
total 16
drwxr-xr-x@ 4 teacher admin 136B Sep 29 10:05 .
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 teacher admin 102B Sep 21 10:05 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin 149B Sep 29 10:33 autoconfig.js
-rw-r--r--@ 1 teacher admin 241B Sep 21 09:12 channel-prefs.js
#cat autoconfig.js
// Any comment. You must start the file with a comment!
pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg");
pref("general.config.obscure_value", 0);
# cd ../../../
# ls
Info.plist Library MacOS PkgInfo Resources _CodeSignature
# cd MacOS/
# ls -lah
total 307384
drwxr-xr-x@ 19 teacher admin 646B Sep 29 10:32 .
drwxr-xr-x@ 8 teacher admin 272B Sep 21 10:06 ..
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 teacher admin 139M Sep 21 10:06 XUL
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 teacher admin 102B Sep 21 10:05 crashreporter.app
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 teacher admin 59K Sep 29 10:31 firefox
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 teacher admin 59K Sep 21 10:06 firefox-bin
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 teacher admin 937K Sep 21 10:06 libfreebl3.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 teacher admin 120K Sep 21 10:06 liblgpllibs.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 teacher admin 3.1M Sep 21 10:06 libmozavcodec.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 teacher admin 419K Sep 21 10:06 libmozavutil.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 teacher admin 257K Sep 21 10:06 libmozglue.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 teacher admin 4.3M Sep 21 10:06 libnss3.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 teacher admin 910K Sep 21 10:06 libnssckbi.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 teacher admin 299K Sep 21 10:06 libnssdbm3.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 teacher admin 46K Sep 21 10:06 libplugin_child_interpose.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 teacher admin 448K Sep 21 10:06 libsoftokn3.dylib
-rwxrwxr-x 1 teacher admin 1.5K Sep 29 08:55 mozilla.cfg
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 teacher admin 102B Sep 21 10:05 plugin-container.app
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 teacher admin 102B Sep 21 10:05 updater.app
# cat mozilla.cfg
// Any comment. You must start the file with a comment!
Try starting Firefox with a new user:
Configuration Error: Failed to read the configuration file. Please contact your system administrator.
Thanks for any help!
/Kent
<pre>
Mac OS Sierra
Firefox ESR 52.4.0 (64-bit)
# cd /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/Resources/defaults/pref/
# ls -lah
total 16
drwxr-xr-x@ 4 teacher admin 136B Sep 29 10:05 .
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 teacher admin 102B Sep 21 10:05 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root admin 149B Sep 29 10:33 autoconfig.js
-rw-r--r--@ 1 teacher admin 241B Sep 21 09:12 channel-prefs.js
#cat autoconfig.js
// Any comment. You must start the file with a comment!
pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg");
pref("general.config.obscure_value", 0);
# cd ../../../
# ls
Info.plist Library MacOS PkgInfo Resources _CodeSignature
# cd MacOS/
# ls -lah
total 307384
drwxr-xr-x@ 19 teacher admin 646B Sep 29 10:32 .
drwxr-xr-x@ 8 teacher admin 272B Sep 21 10:06 ..
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 teacher admin 139M Sep 21 10:06 XUL
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 teacher admin 102B Sep 21 10:05 crashreporter.app
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 teacher admin 59K Sep 29 10:31 firefox
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 teacher admin 59K Sep 21 10:06 firefox-bin
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 teacher admin 937K Sep 21 10:06 libfreebl3.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 teacher admin 120K Sep 21 10:06 liblgpllibs.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 teacher admin 3.1M Sep 21 10:06 libmozavcodec.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 teacher admin 419K Sep 21 10:06 libmozavutil.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 teacher admin 257K Sep 21 10:06 libmozglue.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 teacher admin 4.3M Sep 21 10:06 libnss3.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 teacher admin 910K Sep 21 10:06 libnssckbi.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 teacher admin 299K Sep 21 10:06 libnssdbm3.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 teacher admin 46K Sep 21 10:06 libplugin_child_interpose.dylib
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 teacher admin 448K Sep 21 10:06 libsoftokn3.dylib
-rwxrwxr-x 1 teacher admin 1.5K Sep 29 08:55 mozilla.cfg
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 teacher admin 102B Sep 21 10:05 plugin-container.app
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 teacher admin 102B Sep 21 10:05 updater.app
# cat mozilla.cfg
// Any comment. You must start the file with a comment!
</pre>
Try starting Firefox with a new user:
Configuration Error: Failed to read the configuration file. Please contact your system administrator.
Thanks for any help!
/Kent
An gyara daga KentW
Mafitar da aka zaɓa
You need to look further down to "Changes Over Time" to find the "Mac Directory Change" section where you will find the path I posted.
Karanta wannan amsa a matsayinta 👍 2Mac Directory Change Due to Apple's stricter approach to software signing, as of about version 35 or so configuration files should now be placed relative to /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/Resources (so mozilla.cfg should go there, and autoconfig.js under /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/Resources/defaults/pref.)
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mozilla.cfg needs to be in this folder on Mac:
- /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/Resources
cor-el said
mozilla.cfg needs to be in this folder on Mac:
- /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/Resources
I'm unable to test this at the moment, but can you document it for me? According to the "Deploying Firefox in an enterprise environment" document at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Enterprise_deployment:
Create a .cfg file in the Firefox program directory. By convention, mozilla.cfg, but it can be any file name really.
which I take to mean the directory that contains "firefox.bin", as Step 1 in that same document says:
Find the Firefox program directory where the Firefox executable is located. For example, in Windows this is typically either C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox or C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox in macOS it is typically /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS
Thanks!
/Kent
Zaɓi Mafita
You need to look further down to "Changes Over Time" to find the "Mac Directory Change" section where you will find the path I posted.
Mac Directory Change Due to Apple's stricter approach to software signing, as of about version 35 or so configuration files should now be placed relative to /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/Resources (so mozilla.cfg should go there, and autoconfig.js under /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/Resources/defaults/pref.)
Perfect! Thank you very much!