Baltix

No possibility to define default bookmarks for all users/profiles in system

Bug #776708 reported by Märt Põder
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Default settings and artwork for Baltix OS
Confirmed
High
Mantas Kriaučiūnas
Baltix
Confirmed
High
Mantas Kriaučiūnas
firefox (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox

In previous versions (before 4.0) one could add bookmarks.html to /etc/firefox/profile to define default bookmarks for the system, but this option is now disabled and there is no alternative proposed to define custom bookmarks.

See also http://askubuntu.com/questions/37843/where-do-i-place-a-file-for-bookmarks-for-all-users

Ubuntu Natty, Firefox 4.0.1

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Mantas Kriaučiūnas (mantas) wrote :

It's very important to have a simple possibility to define default bookmarks for all users/profiles in system as existed in all Ubuntu versions until 10.10
This is needed for example for Lithuanian schools and other educational institutions, which uses Ubuntu.

I've found some workaround - create symlink to /usr/lib/firefox-X.X.X/defaults/profile/bookmarks.html (where X.X.X is firefox version number, for example 7.0.1), but in this case I should update symlink every time when I update firefox package to new upstream version :(
Look at code for baltix-default-settings package:
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~baltix-members/baltix-default-settings/ubuntu/files/head:/usr/lib/firefox-7.0/defaults/profile/

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Mantas Kriaučiūnas (mantas) wrote :

Firefox version 13 uses standard /usr/lib/firefox/ folder without version number :)

So, bookmarks.html symlink now should point to /usr/lib/firefox/defaults/profile/bookmarks.html , it seems we don't need to update symlink every time when firefox package is updated to new upstream version :)

Changed in baltix-default-settings:
status: New → Confirmed
assignee: nobody → Mantas Kriaučiūnas (mantas)
importance: Undecided → High
Changed in baltix:
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Confirmed
assignee: nobody → Mantas Kriaučiūnas (mantas)
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Ryan Tandy (rtandy) wrote :

ubuntu-defaults-builder shows one way to add default bookmarks in newer versions of Firefox (>= precise), so I think this is Fix Released on the firefox side. I can't speak to how that affects Baltix.

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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