Group policies don't apply on linux mint

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My issue is that i created a set of policy rules under /etc/brave/policies/managed/GroupPolicy.json with the following text :

{
    "IncognitoModeAvailability": false,
    "TorDisabled": true,
    "AllowDeletingBrowserHistory": false
}

The result should be that rules are applied to my browser. But that’s not the case :

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How can this issue be reproduced?

  1. Go to /etc/brave/policies/managed/
  2. Create a file with a name finishing by .json
  3. Write a valid json code like the one I provided
  4. Reload polycies in brave://policy/

Expected result:
Policies applied in order to block private browsing, tor and history deletion.

Brave Version :
1.70.123 Chromium: 129.0.6668.89 (Build officiel) (64 bits)

Additional Information:
I’m on Linux Mint 22 (x86_64). Brave is downloaded from the source provided on brave website (no snap or flatpak)

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@Mattches just gonna tag you so can see it.

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@1m70Deter,
While I’m not super well versed with Group Policy on Linux, I do believe you still need to use the binary values for true/false rather than the boolean variables. So for TorDisabled, try changing it to:

"TorDisabled": 1
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Thank you for your answer. I tried it by replacing the file content with the following :

{
    "IncognitoModeAvailability": 0,
    "TorDisabled": 1,
    "AllowDeletingBrowserHistory": 0
}

But nothing happened. If it helps, i have the following output in the log of policies :

[VERBOSE] Policy refresh starting
[VERBOSE] Found mandatory policy file: /etc/brave/policies/managed/GroupPolicy.json
[VERBOSE] Skipping recommended platform policies because no policy file was found at: /etc/brave/policies/recommended
[VERBOSE] Retrieving map of policy values
[VERBOSE] Client has user policies; getting precedence-related policies for Chrome
[VERBOSE] Retrieving map of policy values
[VERBOSE] Retrieving map of policy values
[VERBOSE] user status: { }
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5

Please guys, help me with this problem. It’s for overcoming my p0rn addiction.

6

So, I switched to fedora and it works. However, I had to edit a little bit the file. If any one ever need it, here is the final file :

{
    "IncognitoEnabled": false,
    "TorDisabled": true,
    "AllowDeletingBrowserHistory": false
}

Thank you anyway for your answers.