switching from custom settings mozilla.cfg to gpo-based settings
Hi,
we installed our ff esr (60.1.0esr) with the mozilla.cfg file and now we want to manage settings with group-polices.
now the problem is that the default homepage is still the old one from the mozilla.cfg. but other settings like bookmarks from gpo applied.
can you give me hints, how to deconfigurate the settings from mozilla.cfg.
thanks in advance
Chosen solution
In order to force the GPO to always override the page, you would have to lock it, otherwise it just sets the default value (which depending on the way it was specified in your CFG file, could still be used).
Alternatively, if you still have a CFG file, instead of removing the line, you could switch to clearing the preference and then setting it via the GPO (which again, would set the default value which a user could override).
Is your goal to force a home page or allow the user to override?
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It's possible that you have set the browser.startup.homepage in your AutoConfig file and it's overriding your GPO settings. You can update your AutoConfig file to remove the line that is setting your browser.startup.homepage option.
Naturally, if you are not using centralized management to host your AutoConfig file on a server, you would likely need to remove the homepage setting from every computer in your environment.
Of course, I'd recommend testing on a single system first to ensure that it fixes the issue before deploying any changes to your network.
I thought that in case GPO is active that autoconfig.cfg is ignored.
Are you sure you applied GPO correctly for the home page?
What do you get if you remove autoconfig.cfg (and autoconfig.js) and reset the home pages prefs on the about:config page (or edit prefs.js)?
cor-el said
I thought that in case GPO is active that autoconfig.cfg is ignored.
Theoretically, that should be the case. Nevertheless, for troubleshooting purposes, it's probably best to have them remove the AutoConfig to ensure that it's not conflicting.
Chosen Solution
In order to force the GPO to always override the page, you would have to lock it, otherwise it just sets the default value (which depending on the way it was specified in your CFG file, could still be used).
Alternatively, if you still have a CFG file, instead of removing the line, you could switch to clearing the preference and then setting it via the GPO (which again, would set the default value which a user could override).
Is your goal to force a home page or allow the user to override?
mkaply said
Alternatively, if you still have a CFG file, instead of removing the line, you could switch to clearing the preference and then setting it via the GPO (which again, would set the default value which a user could override). Is your goal to force a home page or allow the user to override?
this was exactly what i needed. I cleared the prefered default homepage in the mozilla.cfg file and now the gpo works.
sidenote: we want to allow users to change the default homepage.
br, xyst