Lock homepage in firefox for normal users?[Scanned]

[Jacques B.]

A quick Google search for:

firefox lock homepage

comes up with the following: http://ilias.ca/blog/2005_03_01_archive.html

I would think you could create that lock_pref() configuration file as
noted in the article, set it to read only for your users, and Bob's
your uncle.

Jacques B.

On 7/6/06, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Tim:
> >> Sure about that?  You only have to list a file to see whether it's a
> >> link, or not.
>
>
> Dotan Cohen:
> > Allright. So /usr/bin/firefox is a bash script that calls "qwerty
> > http://homepage.com", where qwerty is the firefox executable.
>
> Now all they have to do is look at the contents of that file.  That's
> the sort of thing I've done to trace what start's what.  Various things
> are started from scripts, and I know I can customise things to suit
> myself by reading them.
>
> If I wanted to subvert a system, the methods suggested so far aren't
> going to stop a mildly concerned user.  If you'd suggested compiling a
> program that simply passed over to something else, that would have been
> a bit more convincing.  It'll take more nouse from a would-be subverter
> to check what that's really going to do.
>
> Thus far I've not seen any suggestions that really "lock" the homepage.
>
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