Disable history and password saving for all users via console and task bar drop down
I am trying to find out how to disable the browsing history and ability to save passwords via console commands or editing a config file for CentOS 6.5+. I have tried many options, and have it only partially working.
Settings work when launched via console (/usr/bin/firefox, or just firefox) by adding the following to /usr/lib64/firefox/defaults/preferences/all-linux.js: pref("browser.privatebrowsing.autostart", true); pref("disable.password.save", true); pref("places.history.enabled", false);
However, these settings do not affect firefox when launched via the task bar drop down (Applications > Internet > Firefox Web Browser). I can manually edit the menu item by right-clicking on Applications on the task bar, but I need to have a way that I can change it via console, so it can be scripted for security hardening purposes.
Anyone have any ideas on how to get this to work?? Thanks in advance.
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hi xion824, please refer to the guide at http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locking_preferences on how to deploy/lock certain preferences. in addition, please note that the right preference for disabling the storage of passwords is signon.rememberSignons (has to be set to false in this case).
Note that a pref() call sets the pref on each Firefox start and that users are still able to make changes for the current session.
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 also Configuration: