Revision as of 07:45, 9 November 2012

Firefox

How to allow pop-ups

Edit `/usr/lib/${FIREFOX_VERSION}/greprefs/all.js` file and ensure the following values

 pref("privacy.popups.disable_from_plugins",0);
 pref("privacy.popups.showPopupBlocker",false);
 

Add the following values if there are not present

 pref("capability.principal.codebase.p0.granted", "UniversalBrowserWrite");
 pref("capability.principal.codebase.p0.id", "file://");
 pref("capability.principal.codebase.p0.subjectName", ""); 
 pref("privacy.popups.firstTime",false);
 pref("privacy.popups.policy",1);
 pref("privacy.popups.showBrowserMessage",false);
 

And then ensure the following values on `/usr/lib/${FIREFOX_VERSION}/defaults/pref/firefox.js`

 pref("privacy.popups.firstTime",false);
 pref("privacy.popups.showBrowserMessage",false);
 

How to disable the status bar

Ensure the following values are present in `/usr/lib/${FIREFOX_VERSION}/greprefs/all.js` file

 pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.status",false);
 pref("dom.disable_window_status_change",true);
 

How to run firefox with password protection

The following procedure ensures Firefox will be launched after prompt him for his own password, this is handled by PAM.

1. Move firefox to `sbin` folder and then link it back to its original place

 mv /usr/bin/firefox /usr/sbin/firefox
 ln -s /usr/bin/consolehelper /usr/bin/firefox
 

1. Create a security file on `/etc/security/console.apps/firefox` with the following code

 USER=<user>
 PROGRAM=/usr/sbin/firefox
 SESSION=true
 

1. Create a PAM file on `/etc/pam.d/firefox` with the following entries

 #%PAM-1.0
 auth sufficient pam_rootok.so
 auth sufficient pam_timestamp.so
 auth include system-auth
 account required pam_permit.so
 session required pam_permit.so
 session optional pam_xauth.so
 session optional pam_timestamp.so
 

Fedora 12 and newer versions

• The security file on `/etc/security/console.apps/firefox` looks like

 USER=<user>
 PROGRAM=/usr/sbin/virt-manager
 SESSION=true
 . config-util
 

• The PAM file on `/etc/pam.d/firefox` looks like

 #%PAM-1.0
 auth            include         config-util
 account         include         config-util
 session         include         config-util