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How can change the system wide bookmarks for every new user?

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goreil
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I would like each new user that creates an account in a Debian linux system to get a specific set of bookmarks. I can't seem to find where to put my customized bookmarks.html file in order to do this.

I would like each new user that creates an account in a Debian linux system to get a specific set of bookmarks. I can't seem to find where to put my customized bookmarks.html file in order to do this.

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Create a folder /defaults/profile in the Firefox installation folder and place a bookmarks.html file in that folder.
That is the same template folder for new profiles as used in previous Firefox versions, but all the files that were there then are now in the omni.jar archive and the profile folder in no longer present.

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cor-el
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Create a folder /defaults/profile in the Firefox installation folder and place a bookmarks.html file in that folder.
That is the same template folder for new profiles as used in previous Firefox versions, but all the files that were there then are now in the omni.jar archive and the profile folder in no longer present.

goreil
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Also make sure to change the file permissions. I did not and the user did not have permission and therefore did not get the bookmarks. This is what actually caused the trouble. My install was in /etc/iceweasal/profile .

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