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by corbindavenport 155 days ago
Administrator access or sudo is required because the configuration paths (C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox on Windows, /etc/firefox/policies/ on Linux) are protected. The browser guides explain the manual install and uninstall process for anyone who doesn't trust the script.
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6031769 155 days ago
I have firefox installed on Linux. There is no /etc/firefox/policies/ dir, nor indeed even an /etc/firefox/ dir. Therefore, no need for sudo.
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corbindavenport 155 days ago
The /etc directory and everything under it is protected.
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6031769 155 days ago
Of course it is. But there's no point trying to put policies into a directory in a tree which doesn't exist and by extension which Firefox won't be reading.

In Linux (and in any sane system) there is no need for elevated privileges just to alter your browser settings.

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listeria 155 days ago
Firefox will read it if it exists[1]. You could use the /usr/lib/firefox/distribution directory (or whatever the installation directory may be), but that may be overwritten by an update.

There doesn't seem to be any way to set per-user group policies, so unless you're installing firefox in a user-controlled directory, it will require elevated privileges.

[1]: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/customizing-firefox-usi...

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