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Firefox in corporate environments. Update.

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I am an administrator in the institute, where Firefox will be installed on 250 Windows 7 desktops. Logining in as root on these computers is extremely rare. I have two questions:

1. Is it enough to give user write permission to the NTFS folder '%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Mozilla Firefox' for correct update of Firefox versions?

2. Is there a way to organize our own update server (or service) to reduce the load on the update servers of Mozilla Foundation? Where can I get directions for setting up of such server?

I am an administrator in the institute, where Firefox will be installed on 250 Windows 7 desktops. Logining in as root on these computers is extremely rare. I have two questions: 1. Is it enough to give user write permission to the NTFS folder '%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Mozilla Firefox' for correct update of Firefox versions? 2. Is there a way to organize our own update server (or service) to reduce the load on the update servers of Mozilla Foundation? Where can I get directions for setting up of such server?

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Thank you for your tip and links. So Maintenance Service runs with Local System credentials, which can not be used for NTFS permissions granting. But I can try run the service with some another user credentials instead of granting all the users write permission on 'Mozilla Firefox' folder. It's better, but unfortunately, it does not answer the question.

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Current Firefox versions install a special service (maintenanceservice_installer.exe; maintenanceservice.exe) to do updates in the background.

It is this service that needs elevated permissions to download and apply updates.

Two other although not totally related suggestions

  1. Consider whether it may be appropriate to use ESR.
  2. if the IT department runs some machines on the Beta channel it may help in spotting potential problems in advance of each Release.

Modified by John99

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Thank you for your tip and links. So Maintenance Service runs with Local System credentials, which can not be used for NTFS permissions granting. But I can try run the service with some another user credentials instead of granting all the users write permission on 'Mozilla Firefox' folder. It's better, but unfortunately, it does not answer the question.