Changing default search engine systemwide

From	pk <pkoroau@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Changing default search engine systemwide
Date	2022-01-29 15:10 +0100
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I want to set DuckDuckGo as the default search engine for new users,
and allow each user to switch back to Google, if desired.

But .mozilla/firefox/<profile id>.default-esr/prefs.js hard-codes
browser.urlbar.placeholderName to Google, so setting it in
/etc/firefox-esr/my_settings.js won't work.

The new users are created on demand (LXC), so it is not an option
to set this manually in each user's user.js or similar.

Can I customize prefs.js and where does Firefox take it from?
I cannot find it in dpkg -L firefox-esr | grep js and in
/usr/lib/firefox-esr/{,browser/}omni.ja.
Or is there another configuration file to try?

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Changing default search engine systemwide pk <pkoroau@gmail.com> - 2022-01-29 15:10 +0100
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