I'm trying to change firefox policy DisableAppUpdate to false, policies.json is read only even though I'm logged in as root (file owner). Spent hours searching for answers, & nothing works. I feel like I'm banging my head against the wall, hours & hours researching trying diff methods, no luck.

below is the (failing) methods recommended by multiple sources using terminal:

root@sikkitty:/snap/firefox/280/distribution# ls -l policies.json
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 53 Oct 30 15:15 policies.json
root@sikkitty:/snap/firefox/280/distribution# gedit policies.json
root@sikkitty:/snap/firefox/280/distribution# sudo gedit policies.json

even though I'm logged in terminal as root, the file remains read-only.

also tried to change ownership:

root@sikkitty:/snap/firefox/280/distribution# chown suvana policies.json
chown: changing ownership of 'policies.json': Read-only file system
root@sikkitty:/snap/firefox/280/distribution# 

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The reason I wasted 2 days trying to get around this ridiculous problem is the option to ask if i wanted to save passwords in FF privacy settings was greyed out. "Your browser is being managed by your organization" wtf...

Kept trying different random things out of frustration and found a workaround.

Setting it to never remember history locks out that option - instead set it to custom settings & clear history when FF is closes enables the checkbox that sets FF to ask if you want to save your password.

I hope this will help someone down the road.

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