Closed Bug 1003651 Opened 10 years ago Closed 10 years ago

intranet file:/// no longer recognizes external application

Categories

(Core :: General, defect, P3)

Product:
Core
Component:
General
Version:
29 Branch
Platform:
x86_64
Linux
Type:
defect

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 995943

People

(Reporter: garydean, Unassigned)

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:29.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/29.0 (Beta/Release)
Build ID: 20140428193838

Steps to reproduce:

starting with firefox 29, link to file:/// no long opens with external application (in this case nautilus)


Actual results:

nothing.


Expected results:

should open referenced folder in nautilus.

  about:config
    network.protocol-handler.expose.file;false
    network.protocol-handler.external.file;true
    network.protocol-handler.warn-external.file;true

  user.js
    user_pref("network.protocol-handler.expose.file", false);
    user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.file", true);
    user_pref("network.protocol-handler.warn-external.file", true);

    user_pref("capability.policy.default.checkloaduri.enabled", "allAccess");
    user_pref("capability.policy.policynames", "localfilelinks");
    user_pref("capability.policy.localfilelinks.checkloaduri.enabled", "allAccess");
    user_pref("capability.policy.localfilelinks.sites", "http://okusi0");
Severity: normal → major
Priority: -- → P3
The capability.policy preferences no longer do anything in Firefox 29...
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 10 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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