how to make the user not to download using fire fox

divyashree · 02-26-2009, 01:54 PM

Hi,

My friend has a cyber cafe.

He asked me to config firefox so that the users only can browse ,but cant download anything...

Is this possible...

frieza · 02-26-2009, 01:59 PM

you might want to look into this firefox addon (rkiosk) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...cation=firefox

XavierP · 02-26-2009, 02:04 PM

In about:config have a play with the settings that start browser.download or alternatively, set the download folder location to be /dev/null

frieza · 02-26-2009, 02:06 PM

hmm.. but woudnt the second option still allow right click, save as to work?

divyashree · 02-26-2009, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by frieza

hmm.. But woudnt the second option still allow right click, save as to work?

hello frieza ,am in trouble i just tried that,help me to return to original,am not getting any option....

frieza · 02-26-2009, 02:21 PM

hmm
did you try edit.. preferences.. and change the 'save files to' back to Desktop ?

divyashree · 02-26-2009, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by frieza

hmm
did you try edit.. Preferences.. And change the 'save files to' back to desktop ?

now my mozilla is in fullscreen mode,no url,no option,no menu ,no edit ,nothig here present...help me to restore....plzzzzzzzz............

frieza · 02-26-2009, 02:39 PM

if you installed the kiosk addon maybe you need to remove it manually, which would be troublesome but not impossible
maybe this will help a bit
http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2008/12/...irefox-add-on/

you may have to removeit by hand

worst case scenereo, remove firefox, reinstall firefox
in the mean time i found some documentation on how to use rkiosk
http://davidstoker.org/blog/2008/05/...irefox-part-1/

divyashree · 02-26-2009, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frieza

if you installed the kiosk addon maybe you need to remove it manually, which would be troublesome but not impossible
maybe this will help a bit
http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2008/12/...irefox-add-on/

you may have to removeit by hand

worst case scenereo, remove firefox, reinstall firefox
in the mean time i found some documentation on how to use rkiosk
http://davidstoker.org/blog/2008/05/...irefox-part-1/

i am totally messed up,samething happens after uninstall and reinstall...

frieza · 02-26-2009, 03:35 PM

hmm, try uninstalling firefox
then look in your home directory under .mozilla/firefox, removing all the files there
then as root look in /usr/lib (or lib64 if it's a 64 bit linux) for firefox directories, remove the contents of those
then reinstall firefox

repo · 02-26-2009, 03:41 PM

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now my mozilla is in fullscreen mode,no url,no option,no menu ,no edit ,nothig here present...help me to restore....plzzzzzzzz............

press F11 ?

frieza · 02-26-2009, 04:08 PM

if he installed rkiosk, F11 may be disabled

divyashree · 02-26-2009, 10:34 PM

oh my god,finally I removed the contents of .mozilla in the home directory and install again..done..

but all my bookmarks gone ....

divyashree · 02-26-2009, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by XavierP

In about:config have a play with the settings that start browser.download or alternatively, set the download folder location to be /dev/null

I just did that and my firefox crashes and restarted.