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Re: change everyone's iceweasel prefs



Hi Nigel,

On Mittwoch, 10. November 2010, Nigel Barker wrote:
> So I would like to change everyone's user agent string
>
> general.useragent.extra.firefox
>
> to be Firefox/3.0.6 instead of Iceweasel/3.0.6
>
> I have discovered that the file prefs.js in the firefox profile folder
> will do the trick. So I thought I could copy mine to everyone.
>
> I have two questions:
>
> 1. Is it OK to copy that file to everyone, or will it break something
> for them? I tested it on a user and got an empty add-ons pop-up on
> re-launch, but nothing else seemed amiss.
> 2. Can someone hack the script (below) for me so that it will put the
> file inside the firefox profile folder?

it's probably easiest if you copy it to /etc/iceweasel/pref/nigel.js (or 
whatever other filename which doesnt exist) instead.

And then you can either use "pref" or "lockPref", the latter cannot be 
overwritten. See the other files in /etc/iceweasel :)


cheers,
	Holger

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