Firefox does not respect policies.json file anymore.

[momcilo78]

I use ansible to deploy policies.json file into /usr/lib/firefox/distribution/ folder in order to ensure that all family users use the same set of plugins on all of the ubuntu machines we have.

I found that in ubuntu 22.04 this is not the case anymore.

If I open the following page in firefox: about:policies I get the following message:

The Enterprise Policies service is inactive.

Please advise if this is intended and if there is a replacement mechanism.

Note: I visited the documentation of mozilla and could not find anything on this subject related to linux.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: firefox 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-33.34-generic 5.15.30
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-33-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu May 26 18:12:34 2022
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-05-26 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220419)
Snap.Changes:
 ID Status Spawn Ready Summary
 3 Done 2022-05-26T12:01:32+02:00 2022-05-26T12:02:14+02:00 Auto-refresh 4 snaps
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[momcilo78 (momcilo78)]

Attached is a sample policies.json file.

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

With firefox installed as a snap, policies need to be placed in /etc/firefox/policies/.

Can you please test and confirm whether this works for you?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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