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How can I disable the Edit->Preferences->Network->Settings->Noproxy option

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vivekgraja
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I want to disable the Edit->Preferences->Network->Settings->Noproxy option

Every user user should access internet only via proxy settings what i should do for that and also should not be allowed to change the option

I want to disable the Edit->Preferences->Network->Settings->Noproxy option Every user user should access internet only via proxy settings what i should do for that and also should not be allowed to change the option

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Firefox has a feature to lock some settings so they cannot be overridden. This involves creating a couple of different files in Firefox's program folder. If the settings you want to lock are visible in about:config, you might be able to do it this way.

cor-el
cor-el
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Note that on Linux, the default is to use the "Use the system proxy settings" setting for the connection.

You can look at these prefs to lock:

Use a mozilla.cfg file in the Firefox program folder to lock prefs or specify new (default) values.

Place a file local-settings.js in the defaults\pref folder where you also find the file channel-prefs.js to specify using mozilla.cfg. 

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

These functions can be used in the mozilla.cfg file: 

defaultPref();  // set new default value
pref();         // set pref, but allow changes in current session
lockPref();     // lock pref, disallow changes

Modified by cor-el