795838 - xpinstall.enabled bypass

Status: NEW

(Core :: Preferences: Backend, defect)

Description

[Rui Lapa]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/15.0.1
Build ID: 20120907231657

Steps to reproduce:

lockPref("xpinstall.enabled", false); in global firefox.
Checked various users and it is "false


Actual results:

When I try to install, for example "InstantFox Quick Search, I get the message notification that system administration has locked installation.

When installing "Better Gmail 2 1.2" it installed.


Expected results:

As others... not allow for installation.

Comment 1

[Ioana (away)]

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:18.0) Gecko/18.0 Firefox/18.0 - 10/01

I locked the xpinstall.enabled pref as false, then I tried to install several extensions from local folders, from addons.mozilla.org, and from the Addons Manager.

No extensions from the local folders or addons.mozilla.org got installed.

I could install extensions directly from the Addons Manager though (e.g. InstantFox Quick Search - I couldn't install it from addons.mozilla.org, but it got installed when trying directly from the Addons Manager).

Comment 2

[Mike Kaply [:mkaply]]

see bug 601442