Firefox policy fails with error: "Can't overwrite existing read-only value"

  • Document ID:7004650
  • Creation Date:12-Oct-2009
  • Modified Date:30-Apr-2012
    • Micro Focus Products:
      ZENworks Linux Management

Environment

Novell ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management - ZLM7.3

Situation

Error:  Can't overwrite existing read-only value:  Value for '/apps/firefox/web/download_defaultfolder' set in a read-only source at the front of your configuration path.

Error is received on SLE11 devices when launching firefox.

Resolution

This is fixed in ZLM 7.3 Interim Release 2 - see KB 7003346 "Updates to Novell ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management" which can be found at https://www.novell.com/support