-Policies can either be specified using the Group Policy templates or by creating a file called policies.json. On Windows, create a directory called distribution where the EXE is located and place the file there. On Mac, the file goes into Firefox.app/Content/Resources/distribution.
+Policies can either be specified using the Group Policy templates or by creating a file called policies.json. On Windows, create a directory called distribution where the EXE is located and place the file there. On Mac, the file goes into `Firefox.app/Contents/Resources/distribution`. On Linux, the file goes into `firefox/distribution`, where `firefox` is the installation directory for firefox, which varies by distribution.
The content of the JSON file should look like this:
```
}
}
```
-Policies are documented below. Note that even though comments are used in this file for documentation, comments are not allowed for JSON files.
+Policies are documented below.
+
+
+**Note**: though comments are used in this readme file for documentation, comments are not valid in actual JSON files. Remove all comments before attempting to deploy.
Some of the policies are only available on the ESR for security reasons. These policies are marked ESR only.
```
{
"policies": {
- "DisableFirefoxAccounts": true
+ "DisableFirefoxStudies": true
}
}
```
}
```
### DisableSecurityBypass
-This policy prevents the user from bypassign security in certain cases.
+This policy prevents the user from bypassing security in certain cases.
```
{
"policies": {
"Value": [true, false],
"Locked": [true, false]
}
+}
```
### Extensions (ESR only)
This policy controls the install, uninstall and locking of extensions. Locked extensions cannot be disabled or uninstalled.
"Uninstall": ["addon_id@mozilla.org"],
"Locked": ["addon_id@mozilla.org"]
}
+}
```
### NoDefaultBookmarks
Don't create the default bookmarks or the Smart Bookmarks (Most Visited, Recent Tags). Note: this policy is only effective if used before the first run of the profile.