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* [http://firefox.dbltree.com/ FFDeploy] - Bob Templeton has created a tool for deploying profiles.
* [http://firefox.dbltree.com/ FFDeploy] - Bob Templeton has created a tool for deploying profiles.
* [http://wetdog.sourceforge.net WetDog] - Another project that allows network administrators to easily lock down Firefox using Active Directory.  Downloads for this project can be found here: [http://sourceforge.net/projects/wetdog http://sourceforge.net/projects/wetdog]


== Related Links ==
== Related Links ==

Revision as of 10:49, 26 June 2005

Introduction

This document describes the feature requirements for corporate/enterprise deployment which includes large businesses (>10,000 users), small business, colleges and universities, etc.

Deployment Process

This section assumes you're running in a Windows environment:

Deploying the software is easy:

  • through re-imaging (not a good use of time, though not difficult)
  • push this MSI file via Active Directory GPO or scripts, landesk etc...

Problems that you'll run into:

  • Unable to deploy options for Firefox
  • Unable to deploy extensions/themes
  • Unable to deploy settings for extensions
  • Unable lock down all/some of the settings

Different configurations of your network can be:

  • no roaming profiles

Firefox's default behavior is sticking the extensions/preferences into the local users profile with a unique identifier. What is needed is a way to control/lock down the options at the server (via AD).

I'm documenting this as I'm doing it ... I'm trying to stick the extensions in the ALL Users section or the slightly worse Default user's section.

Useful Tools

  • FirefoxADM - Mark Sammons has given to the world a tool to be used in Active Directory environments called FirefoxADM. It allows Active Directory administrators to control Firefox Options in much the same way as you would IE. For more information on FirefoxADM, see the blog. For the ZIP file: Download Here
  • FFDeploy - Bob Templeton has created a tool for deploying profiles.

Related Links

  • Firefox:Preconfigured_Packaging - proposal for a tool to create installers/ZIPs/installation directory structures with preconfigured settings and probably also lockdowns

Functional Capability & Usability

Focus Area & Work Items Release Priority
Places (An Updated Approach to Bookmarks & History) 
    Firefox:Places:Scratch Pad
2.0 P2
Tabbed Browsing
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