
KB No. 2791: CONFIGURING FIREFOX TO USE THE WINDOWS CERTIFICATE STORE VIA GPO
Objective
Set up a GPO to force Firefox to use the Windows certificate store.
Steps
1. Use theADMX templateprovided by Mozilla.
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2. Unzip the archive.


3. Copy the two files,firefox.admxandmozilla.admx, as well as thefr-FRfolder containing the filesfirefox.admlandmozilla.adml, to yourC:\Windows\SYSVOL\sysvol\Policies\PolicyDefinitions folder.


4. Create a user GPO dedicated to Firefox.
4.1 Open the "Group Policy Management" tool.
4.2 Create and name a GPO object.

4.3 Edit the "Firefox" GPO, then Certificate Settings.


4.4 Enableimporting enterprise root certificates.

Result
1. Force the GPO on a user workstation to verify that it is applied correctly:gpupdate /forceor possiblyrestart the user session.
2. Check that the settings are correct in the Firefox browser. Open Firefox, enter about:config in the address bar, and accept any warnings if necessary. If everything went well, thesecurity.entreprise_roots.enabledoption should be grayed out and set totrue.
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