Firefox configuration management

[Joseph Sinclair]

Check the Firefox CCK at (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/cck/firefox/).  It allows various settings to be locked down without locking all settings.

George Toft wrote:
> I need to set up a Linux workstation (Computers for Families project) 
> that filters content.  The workstation is an edubuntu install.  Users 
> have a generic login, separate from the admin, and the root account is 
> locked.  I added Squid and DansGuardian, which works perfectly once the 
> Firefox connection settings are set to 127.0.0.1:8080.  Problem is that 
> any user can override this setting in their local profile.
> 
> Is there an elegan way to prevent a user from changing this setting and 
> surfing the sites of ill repute?
> 
> Kluge/Hackjob method 1:
> I guess I could implement a cronjob that checks to see if firefox has 
> any established port 80 connections, then kills it.  Pretty Draconian, 
> but it will get the point across.  Make pref.js read-only for the user 
> which restores the proxy settings.  Pretty inconvenient for the user :(
> 
> 
> Thoughts?
>