Brave policies in linux

mawile · October 12, 2022, 9:55pm

Hi guys, can anyone help me on how I change group policies on brave? I started using ubuntu recently and for not having regedit here I’m a little lost

SmartyAadi · October 13, 2022, 4:29am

I don’t think this is available as of now.

github.com/brave/brave-browser

group policy/settings: consistent configuration for --sync-url= argument

opened 12:10AM - 11 Jan 22 UTC

tycho

OS/Android OS/Desktop

## Description There should be a [group policy](https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360039248271-Group-Policy) or UI option for Brave to provide the `--sync-url=` option without needing to explicitly add a command-line argument. One issue is that adding command line arguments varies a lot by platform: - On Linux, you can wrap the Brave launcher to provide custom arguments. This can be annoying if your distribution packager did not provide a functional equivalent to Chrome's `~/.config/chrome-flags.conf` file (where each line of the file is treated as a command line argument appended whenever the browser is launched). - On Windows, you can edit all the Brave shortcuts to add the arguments (this is very painful if you need to do this at scale). - On macOS, I have no idea how you'd add the arguments without using a shell script or something to launch the app bundle. A group policy config option would be ideal, because deploying that kind of policy is well defined for each platform. Adding this also makes self-hosting a sync server much easier. Alternatively, a UI option to customize the sync server URL would be nice as well. As long as the setting persists without needing to add a command-line flag. ## Steps to Reproduce N/A, see description. ## Actual result: The `--sync-url=` option is difficult to configure consistently across platforms. Self-hosting a sync server is very difficult without a way to consistently customize the sync URL. ## Expected result: The `--sync-url=` option should be configurable across platforms without having to resort to manipulating command line arguments, to enable self-hosting a sync server. ## Reproduces how often: Always? ## Desktop Brave version: ``` Brave 1.34.80 Chromium: 97.0.4692.71 (Official Build) (64-bit) Revision adefa7837d02a07a604c1e6eff0b3a09422ab88d-refs/branch-heads/4692@{#1247} OS Windows 10 Version 21H1 (Build 19043.1415) ``` ## Version/Channel Information: All channels at the moment. Nothing provides more than the `--sync-url=` flag. ## Other Additional Information: - Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields? N/A - Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Rewards? N/A - Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome? N/A ## Miscellaneous Information:

This seems to be an open issue on GitHub

system · November 12, 2022, 4:29am

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