Bug 93863 - Can not disable Autoupdate via Group Policy
Summary: Can not disable Autoupdate via Group Policy
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
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5.0.1.2 release
Hardware: x86 (IA32) Windows (All)
: medium enhancement
Assignee: Andras Timar
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Reported: 2015-09-02 17:30 UTC by AD
Modified: 2023-10-11 15:44 UTC (History)
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Description AD 2015-09-02 17:30:33 UTC 
This registry entries
"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\LibreOffice\org.openoffice.Office.Jobs\Jobs\org.openoffice.Office.Jobs:Job['UpdateCheck']\Arguments\AutoCheckEnabled"
"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\LibreOffice\org.openoffice.Office.Jobs\Jobs\org.openoffice.Office.Jobs:Job['UpdateCheck']\Arguments\CheckInterval"
"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\LibreOffice\org.openoffice.Office.Jobs\Jobs\org.openoffice.Office.Jobs:Job['UpdateCheck']\Arguments\AutoDownloadEnabled"
with Value (REG_SZ) and Final (REG_DWORD) values for configure Auto update function does not work.
User can change this settings via Options dialog. When user try change this settings, LibreOffice shows message configmgr modification of finalized item and crash.
There are similar bugs, but this is not resolved.
Comment 1 AD 2015-09-02 17:47:54 UTC 
This settings "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\LibreOffice\org.openoffice.Office.Jobs\Jobs\org.openoffice.Office.Jobs:Job['UpdateCheck']\Arguments\DownloadDestination" has no effect.
Comment 2 Buovjaga 2015-09-14 13:46:19 UTC 
Consulted devs on IRC: "at the moment, we don't appear to check if the setting is "locked down" in the registry. We'd need to add code to check it, and then grey out the respective options"

Changed to enhancement.
Comment 3 AD 2015-09-20 19:41:24 UTC 
For enterprise deployment is this feature most important. Many enterprise environment uses very strict control for updating used software.
Comment 4 Buovjaga 2015-09-21 05:14:38 UTC 
(In reply to AD from comment #3)
> For enterprise deployment is this feature most important. Many enterprise
> environment uses very strict control for updating used software.

Enterprises making use of LibreOffice usually hire someone in these cases: http://www.documentfoundation.org/certification/developers/
Comment 5 Cor Nouws 2015-10-02 13:17:37 UTC 
(In reply to AD from comment #0)
> This registry entries
> ....
> User can change this settings via Options dialog. When user try change this
> settings, LibreOffice shows message configmgr modification of finalized item
> and crash.
> There are similar bugs, but this is not resolved.


(In reply to AD from comment #1)
> This settings
> "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\LibreOffice\org.openoffice.Office.Jobs\Jobs\org.
> openoffice.Office.Jobs:Job['UpdateCheck']\Arguments\DownloadDestination" has
> no effect.

Hi AD. This are two different issues, not?
Comment 6 Robinson Tryon (qubit) 2015-12-13 11:21:25 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 7 Andras Timar 2016-09-22 20:21:34 UTC 
If you want to disable Online Update for your users, why do you install it in the first place? It is an optional component.

If you want to disable it, you'd better to disable the entire page, so it won't appear in Tools - Options tree.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Policies\LibreOffice\org.openoffice.Office.OptionsDialog\OptionsDialogGroups\ProductName/#fuse\Pages\OnlineUpdate/#fuse\Hide]
"Value"="true"

The crash and UI lockdown was handled in this patch:
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=e58bd7a00eba8d2fd0f1db2e8121c81077a3101d