Re: Roaming profiles

In article <[email protected]>, Art Wildman wrote:
> This appears to be an interesting package for win32 desktop management, but what 
> if MS decided to change the chessboard again? (XP?) ..it seems to be yet another 
> proprietary solution, and doesn't address heterogenous environments or open 
> standards. I'll still look into it more, cause it may solve some MS headaches.

It works for Xp as well. Anyway, the solution I have is not totally dependant on ZEN 
either and can be adapted to other platforms as well. If I have the time, I will try 
to include pointers how to handle Mac and Linux as well. In theory you could have a 
profile that is shared by all.

> I'm primarily interested in keeping important things like email and on a central 
> network share that can be accessed via linux or win32 clients. Even at home, it 
> would be nice if my family could access their mozilla email/profile from any of 
> the 5 pcs we've managed to accumulate on a small network using a linux samba PDC 
> sharing our home dirs or even a network drive like the "snap" line. In the 
> enterprise this type of functionality will be required, for mobility, security, 
> backup, and administration. IMO moz is very mature & stable now... bug or 
> feature, *profile management is the most critical thing missing for wide 
> deployment*.

OK. If you want to play with it, look on the web for ZSPENU.EXE it is the old ZEN 
starterkit.

> Moz also has the potential to be OS independent & could lead the way in the 
> profile management/storage department. I never liked putting crap in "My 
> Documents" anyway, much less C:\Documents and Settings\[Windows Login 
> Name]\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\[Profile Name]\[random string].slt\
> That's just insane!... like most things M$ does & impossible to manage.

Yes. That is why I removed all I could from there.

> I currently share Netscape 4.79 profiles on a network for users in their home 
> dirs. 

Same here, but I have never hs a single instance of profile corruption.