[801] in winnt
RE: netscape multiple users reg edits?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bryant C. Vernon)
Fri Mar 15 11:54:49 2002
From: "Bryant C. Vernon" <bcvernon@MIT.EDU>
To: <k_limon@mit.edu>, "'Barbara Santorella'" <bsantore@mit.edu>
Cc: "'Aran M. Parillo'" <aran@mit.edu>, <winpartners@mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 11:51:57 -0500
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FYI:
As far as I can remember, you do need to make a registry change *if* you
don't want people to have to choose their profile from a profile
list--i.e. if you want netscape to automatically know where the profile
is. I don't remember this shortcut method being a solution, but if it
is, then use that because it is simpler than mine.
What you would need to do is two things:
1. Have profiles stored in a subfolder within their home directory which
is mapped at login (i.e. to the h: or z: (or whatever letter you like)
drive) such that the top level of that drive letter is the top level of
their home directory. (I personally created a folder called
settings\netscape in their home directory root folder, and that equated
to z:\settings\netscape for users).
2. Add the following to the HKLM registry hive using Regedit:
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Netscape\Netscape Navigator\Users]
@=""
"DirRoot"="z:\\settings\\netscape"
"CurrentUser"="default"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Netscape\Netscape Navigator\Users\default]
"DirRoot"="Z:\\settings\\netscape"
"UserName"=""
"EmailAddr"=""
3. Add the following to the login script to ensure that the user has a
netscape settings folder:
(these lines of code may be different depending on the script language
you use and your environment)
:netscape
if exist z:\settings\netscape goto eudora
Echo --- Initializing your Netscape Settings ---
mkdir z:\settings\netscape
xcopy \\%appserver%\software\defaults\netscape\*.* z:\settings\netscape\
/s /e >NUL
goto eudora
:eudora
if exist z:\settings\eudora goto zephyrNT
Echo --- Initializing your Eudora Settings ---
mkdir z:\settings\eudora
\\%appserver%\software\binn\perl.exe
\\%appserver%\software\binn\eudora-set.pl %userserver% %userdirectory%
%username% %fullname%
goto zephyrNT
4. Create default settings and store them someplace the login script can
access during the login process (i.e. on the appserver or whatever you
choose)
A note: notice that for some strange reason that the netscape registry
settings that specify where the user's profile directory are *NOT*
expandable strings. That means that if you try to do something like
this: DirRoot=c:\users\%username% Netscape will not resolve the value of
%username% but will instead simply assume that you mean "%username%".
Stupid choice on netscape's behalf, but what can you do?
That's it. Let me know if this message doesn't make sense to you of if
you have questions.
Thanks,
Bryant
-----Original Message-----
From: k_limon@MIT.EDU [mailto:k_limon@MIT.EDU]
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 1:30 PM
To: Barbara Santorella
Cc: Aran M. Parillo; winpartners@mit.edu
Subject: Re: netscape multiple users reg edits?
I can provide you with more specific syntax later when I am in my other
office,
but basically, you can invoke netscape.exe with the -P parameter to
specify a
specific profile. If you choose a common place for the profiles (say,
under \
Documents and Settings\Application Data\Netscape\UserProfile), you can
simply
create a shortcut with the %username% in it such that it references the
currently logged in user. Using a batch file and %username%, you can
also batch
create default profiles, even include a login script that will check to
see if
the user has a profile, and if not create a default for them--so that
the first
time a user logs in, s/he will get the default profile automatically set
up.
Kerem
Quoting Barbara Santorella <bsantore@MIT.EDU>:
> Aran
>
> You do not need registry edits in order to have multiple Netscape
> profiles. You can simply create them. Each profile will be
> inaccessible to the other users if you properly protect the profile
> directory using win2k security permissions. I think you might be
> thinking about registry edits to get Netscape to work under win2k for
> regular users. I avoided that with Netscape 4.74 by making users
power
> users on their machines. Supposedly, you don't need to do that with
> Netscape 4.78, but I never tried.
>
> Barbara
>
> "Aran M. Parillo" wrote:
> >
> > Hi hi,
> > I'm prepping a new pc (win2k) for use by several users (it will not
be
> > attached to a domain controller) and am looking for tips/techniques
to
> > allow for individual users Netscape profiles. I have a vague
> recollection
> > of someone referencing required registry edits to accomplish this,
but
> > can't seem to locate any documentation. It's Netscape 4.78 from the
> > web.mit.edu/software/win.html.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your assistance!
> > -amp
>
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