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Locking of Preferences disables Update to a newer Version

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dakespam
dakespam
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Hi,

locking the firefox proxy settings using this method (http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locking_preferences) works for me just fine. The Problem arises when I try to update to a newer Version of Firefox (specifically 39.0 -> 39.0.3) which results in a error, before the update is downloaded, saying "Update failed" ("Update fehlgeschlagen").

Is this a known problem and is there any fix?

The two files look like this:

// lockPref("network.proxy.type", 1); lockPref("network.proxy.http", "1.2.3.4"); lockPref("network.proxy.http_port", 9999); lockPref("network.proxy.no_proxies_on", "localhost, 127.0.0.1, .x, .y .z");

pref("general.config.obscure_value", 0); pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg");

Hi, locking the firefox proxy settings using this method (http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locking_preferences) works for me just fine. The Problem arises when I try to update to a newer Version of Firefox (specifically 39.0 -> 39.0.3) which results in a error, before the update is downloaded, saying "Update failed" ("Update fehlgeschlagen"). Is this a known problem and is there any fix? The two files look like this: // lockPref("network.proxy.type", 1); lockPref("network.proxy.http", "1.2.3.4"); lockPref("network.proxy.http_port", 9999); lockPref("network.proxy.no_proxies_on", "localhost, 127.0.0.1, .x, .y .z"); pref("general.config.obscure_value", 0); pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg");

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philipp
philipp
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hello, this will depend on what your proxy is doing with the network traffic...

dakespam
dakespam Auteur de la question
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Looks like you are correct. I just configured the proxy manually and the problem still exists.. What was strange is that on one pc it helped to delete the custom config files but on another one it didn't matter..

philipp
philipp
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is the proxy somehow man-in-the-middle'ing secure connections? i think there are some internal checks in firefox that should assure that the connection to the update server is not tampered with...

dakespam
dakespam Auteur de la question
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Possibly, I can't tell you for sure..

Is there a way to lock preferences only for a specific profile and not globally like it is right now? That would at least be a workaround to the problem for me.

the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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locking - please continue in your other thread - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1077076