Firefox Updates Anyway?
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@Lakshmana I have to restrict the user not to update firefox
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@Lakshmana said:
how to do that?
Don't run Firefox as root and use chmod to remove the write permission from the directory (and its contents.)
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@scottalanmiller said:
use chmod to remove the write permission from the directory (and its contents.)
whether that will make the auto update
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@Lakshmana said:
@scottalanmiller said:
use chmod to remove the write permission from the directory (and its contents.)
whether that will make to stop the auto update
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@Lakshmana said:
@scottalanmiller said:
use chmod to remove the write permission from the directory (and its contents.)
whether that will make the auto update
Well it was the answer to a question. Why are you asking it again? What exactly are you asking? You don't have a complete sentence, the verb is missing.
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@Lakshmana said:
@Lakshmana said:
@scottalanmiller said:
use chmod to remove the write permission from the directory (and its contents.)
whether that will make to stop the auto update
It will stop ALL changes. You asked how to stop the auto update, this completely stops it and everything else. If the process cannot write to the folder, how could it update?
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The edit option is not available here. so i cant edit that properly. My question is that "You said that the chmod to remove write permission. Whether that option will make the firefox stop auto update???""""
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@Lakshmana said:
My question is that "You said that the chmod to remove write permission. Whether that option will make the firefox stop auto update???""""
I feel like I've answered this three times now. Yes, if you can't alter something, you can't update it.
Can you drive your car if you don't have the keys?
You asked a question, I answered. But you don't seem to believe me and keep asking me if I am telling you the truth over and over.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Can you drive your car if you don't have the keys?
Well, yeah you can bypass the security mechanisms there to protect you, modify the can and make it function in an unintended way. And likely more prone to failure.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Can you drive your car if you don't have the keys?
Well, yeah you can bypass the security mechanisms there to protect you, modify the can and make it function in an unintended way. And likely more prone to failure.
You can hack your way around filesystem protections too. It's an apt analogy
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Did these suggestions get this working for you?
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I have been helping him out with this. When I change the channel-prefs.js file on my Ubuntu 14.04 system (same setup that he is using), mine no longer asks me to update.
The scripted commands he gave above are exactly the way that I did it on my system. This is done in the /opt/firefox/31.0/defaults/pref/channel-prefs.js
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And on your test system you are using the same FF version? FF could vary between versions.
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@Lakshmana We haven't got that far yet. We are still trying to get it to not automatically update for you. I will be back in the office again on Monday.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@StrongBad said:
FF could vary between versions.
another reason this is a bad idea
If they get it to work with a single version it should be okay. If v31 locks and that is what he wants to use, it should be consistent.
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@StrongBad Yepp.
apt-get autoremove firefox
Completely uninstalls the version of firefox and all associated addons that ships with it, right?
Then I am using the same tar.bz2 file that he is from a web site (I'll have to look up the URL, but I can get it if you want it).
On my system, it does not prompt me to update at all. It does however, still let me go in and manually update. I am looking into ways to hide that button, as I know it can be done.
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@dafyre said:
@StrongBad Yepp.
apt-get autoremove firefox
Completely uninstalls the version of firefox and all associated addons that ships with it, right?
It should.
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@StrongBad Just doing a sanity check on that command --thanks. His boss seems to think that it does not uninstall the default version of Firefox that ships with Ubuntu.
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That his boss thinks that it does not, suggests that it does. Based on other "his boss" information that we have seen.
