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  From: Adrian Butterworth <adrian@econ-outlook.com.au>
  To  : Paul Schulz <pauls@caemrad.com.au>
  Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 00:03:25 +1030

Re: Windows Netscape & Samba

Paul, it can be done
I have 3 clients using it in their offices.

Netscape usually stores the users profile in a directory
Program Files\Netscape\Users\Adrian (or similar)
This directory can be placed elsewhere when you install
netscape on the windows box. in this case I:\netscape
would be a good choice.

There is a problem however in that netscape usually names the profile
directory the users name eg "Adrian". and stores this on the
local netscape configuration. When jane comes to use my machine and
logs on she will get her I:\Netscape but the local netscape still looks
for an "Adrian" profile not a Jane.
The fix is crude but effective. name every users profile
the same thing. I use "default"

The result from the unix end should look like
> [root@server scripts]# ls /home/brian/netscape/users/default/
> archive       cert7.db      launch.aim    netscape.hst  secmod.db
> bookmark.htm  cookies.txt   liprefs.js    news          signed0.db
> cache         key3.db       mail          prefs.js      summary2.dat
> [root@server scripts]# ls /home/trina/netscape/users/default/
> archive       cert7.db      launch.aim    netscape.hst  secmod.db
> bookmark.htm  cookies.txt   liprefs.js    news          signed0.db
> cache         key3.db       mail          prefs.js      summary2.dat
> [root@server scripts]#
etc
Once you have set one user up you can simply copy that to other users.

I have made a script that runs every time a user logs on to samba, it
checks the login scripts, netscape directories etc are there.
If not it copies template versions & the seds the relevent files
to configure them with proper email adresses etc.
It all works a treat. Any time a new user logs on under samba
for the first time it sets everything up automatically including the
drive mappings.

regards
Adrian

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