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How to hide Use a master password optin under Security tab

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I have been using firefox 3.5.9 and I was asked to hide the "Use a master password" option under security tab. Please help me how to do this.

Thanks Kumar

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

User Agent

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; FMRCo Core 4.1.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.5.21022; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; InfoPath.2)

I have been using firefox 3.5.9 and I was asked to hide the "Use a master password" option under security tab. Please help me how to do this. Thanks Kumar == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == User Agent == Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; FMRCo Core 4.1.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.5.21022; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; InfoPath.2)

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cor-el
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Add code to userChrome.css below the @namespace line. @namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"); /* only needed once */

See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Editing_configuration#How_to_edit_configuration_files #masterPasswordBox