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Bug 252307
Opened 21 years ago
Closed 20 years ago
changes in user.js not reflected in pref.js
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(Core :: Preferences: Backend, defect)
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(Reporter: carlo, Assigned: bugzilla)
Details
User-Agent: Opera/7.23 (Windows 98; U) [en]
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040614 Firefox/0.9
Sometimes I changes Mozilla Suite user agent ID. Today I tried for the first
time in Firefox and found that problem: browser closed, I open Firefox user.js
file, edit it, and set
user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01;
Windows 98)");
then I open the browser and UA (user agent) string is correctly the one I wrote
in the user.js file. The file pref.js has been changed automatically by the
program.
Then I close the program, open user.js, comment the line with // (no blank lines
left elsewhere), open the program again and the ovverrided string is still there
in pref.js (I can also see it in about:config).
When I say "I close the program" I really mean it, it's not in the system tray
or the process still active (one could think that was the responsible of this).
Commenting the string or deleting it carries the same result: nothing happens.
Only changing it affects the browser.
Opening the user.js and changing UA string again works. So the problem is that I
can't get back to the original UA ID.
That's a critical bug because a person that changes or delete the modified UA ID
could browse sites without knowing he's still identifing with the string he once
set and then deleted.
I hope my English was good enough to explain the problem. :-)
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.open user.js and add general.useragent.override string
2.open Firefox, check UA ID, close it
3.open user.js, comment or delete the previous added string
4.open Firefox, check UA ID
Actual Results:
The browser identifies itself as the UA set before.
Expected Results:
User agent string would be automatically set to default once it had been deleted
from user.js.
Comment 1•21 years ago
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*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 97397 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago
Component: Preferences → Preferences: Backend
Product: Firefox → Browser
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Version: unspecified → Trunk
Comment 3•20 years ago
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reopening to dupe correctly
Status: RESOLVED → UNCONFIRMED
Resolution: DUPLICATE → ---
Comment 4•20 years ago
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*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 50038 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago → 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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