[gentoo-user] Re: firefox managed by my organization?

[Nikos Chantziaras]

On 03/03/2020 00:16, n952162 wrote:
> I have a banner that says that "your browser is being managed by your
> organization".  Oh yeah?  I guess that would be gentoo.  How can I break
> that relationship?

I use firefox-bin and this:

   qlist firefox-bin | grep json

reveals that the ebuild installs:

   /opt/firefox/distribution/policies.json

which disables the built-in update check:

   {
     "policies": {
       "DisableAppUpdate": true
     }
   }

Probably something similar is happening with the non-bin firefox ebuild.


> In particular, when I set my default home page (to blank), after
> properly exiting firefox and re-starting, I'm back to the mozilla home
> page and I get a mozilla privacy notice tab.  Is that "managed"?

Hm. Probably not. Something else might be causing this.