I want my bookmarks file (places.sqlite) to reside on a network drive. How do I configure Firefox to do this?

You can use the profile manager to create a new profile and choose the location of that new profile to point to the profile folder on that network drive.<br />
Firefox will recognize that profile and use it.<br />
If you do need to create a new profile then make sure to point to a new empty folder and NOT a folder that already has other files in it.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_Manager
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Managing+profiles

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