Firefox automatic configuration. ipa.cfg needs to be installed in the Firefox root directory (/usr/lib/firefox-version). It can be a symlink somewhere else. We install the actual file into /usr/share/ipa. ipa.js contains the javascript that sets the desired configuration. The Firefox all.js needs to be modified to set: pref('general.config.obscure_value', 0); pref('general.config.filename', 'ipa.cfg'); First need to remove any existing values for these. For more information on autoconfiguration, see: http://mit.edu/~firefox/www/maintainers/autoconfig.html