CentOS - Dec 2014 - How to configure xguest Firefox home page

On Mon, December 8, 2014 21:12, David McGuffey wrote:
> I've installed CentOS 6.6 on a workstation at a local non-profit as a
> kiosk machine. I used xguest.  Works great, except now the customer
> wants the Firefox homepage to be one pointing to a particular site.
> Doesn't seem to be much documentation on how to make minor changes to
> the account. Lots of SELinux guidance, but nothing about default home
> page, etc.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>
See: /usr/lib/firefox/firefox.cfg

Add: lockPref("browser.startup.homepage",
"http://www.example.com/path/);

Google: FireFox Kiosk

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On 12/09/2014 02:39 PM, James B. Byrne wrote:
> On Mon, December 8, 2014 21:12, David McGuffey wrote:
>> I've installed CentOS 6.6 on a workstation at a local non-profit as
a
>> kiosk machine. I used xguest.  Works great, except now the customer
>> wants the Firefox homepage to be one pointing to a particular site.
>> Doesn't seem to be much documentation on how to make minor changes
to
>> the account. Lots of SELinux guidance, but nothing about default home
>> page, etc.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>>
> See: /usr/lib/firefox/firefox.cfg
>
> Add: lockPref("browser.startup.homepage",
"http://www.example.com/path/);
>
> Google: FireFox Kiosk
>
You can setup default configuration for the tmpfs account in /etc/skel.