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   Jackson Durmott to All   
   lock add on extensions in Firefox Ubuntu   
   08 Apr 25 02:11:05   
   
   From: jdurmott55655@enau.net   
      
   Hi,   
      
   I recently installed the "Block Site" extension for Firefox and   
   customized it to block certain sites.  It's great that I could add a   
   custom password so that other users here could not bypass the plug in   
   for a set amount of time BUT they could easily uninstall it.   
      
   I'd like to lock the extension, with its current configuration, so that   
   no one could either change settings or uninstall it.  I am using Firefox   
   on Ubuntu 22.04.   
      
   I tried to create  an AI inspired policies.json file as described here:   
      
     https://tinyurl.com/8knyu4e8   
      
   The AI first suggested to find the ID of the extension, which I thought   
   I did and then created the policies.json files with the following code:   
      
   {   
          "policies": {   
            "Extensions": {   
              "Locked": [54e2eb33-18eb-46ad-a4e4-1329c29f6e17]   
            }   
          }   
        }   
      
   I tried placing this file first in   
   /home/jackson/.mozilla/firefox/distribution   
      
   as recommended elsewhere.  The "distribution" folder did exist, so I   
   created one.  Nothing happened after restart and trying to uninstall the   
   plugin, so tried placing policies.json in two other places:   
      
     /usr/lib/firefox-esr/distribution/policies.json   
      
   and I believe /etc/firefox/distribution/policies.json   
      
   In neither case was  the distribution folder there and I had to create   
   it.   
      
   Again, no effect on the extension, whether I tried to uninstall or   
   modify it.   
      
   Any help in this regard would be welcome.  Please note that I use the   
   non-snap version of Firefox.   
      
   Thanks in advance.   
      
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