Re: autoconfig, howto use autoadmin.global_config_url

Although I didn't get any answer on "autoadmin.global_config_url", (and 
I'am still waiting for ...) , I ugraded and translated my doc on mozilla 
centralized autoconfig using environement variables and ldap queries :

http://www.int-evry.fr/mci/user/procacci/netscape/en/mozilla-autoconfig-en.html

jehan procaccia wrote:
> hello,
> 
> I really appreciated netscape 4.XX autoconfig feature. Now I want to 
> upgrade to mozilla 1.2.1 and I can still use those great fonctions 
> (getenv, getLDAPAttributes ...) from prefcalls.js by adding the 
> following line in all.js:
>  pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg");
> Using tools (moz-byteshift.pl) from 
> http://www.alain.knaff.lu/howto/MozillaCustomization/ we can generate a 
> common preference file based on env variable or ldap queries in order to 
> personnalize mozilla to the user who is logged in a shared station (very 
> usefull on campus), great !
> 
> now with netscape 4.XX there was a keyword: autoadmin.global_config_url 
> wich allowed me to even more centralized configuration, by putting the 
> preference file on a web server . I cannot use it anymore :-(
> 
> althought I put in config.js the line:
> config("autoadmin.global_config_url","http://corbeau.int-evry.fr/browser/config-ldap-ns.js"); 
> 
> The http server did get the request when mozilla is launch by a client, 
> but nothing inside the files seems to be executed !?
> 
> Any help on this feature (autoadmin.global_config_url) and how to use it 
> will be really appreciated .
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> PS: here's the doc I wrote about using this feature in netscape 4.XX (in 
> french ...).
> http://www.int-evry.fr/mci/user/procacci/netscape/netscape-autoconfig.html
>