I am still hoping that my organization will dump IE and standardize on Mozilla. A big issue preventing this, though, is the lack of corporate-type policies. We use the Internet Explorer Admin Kit (IEAK) to standarize the configuration of all our IE rollouts, then use Windows Policies to keep control. For instance: - the default homepage is always our Intranet server - HTTP access is always via our proxy-forwarding server - ActiveX scripts marked as "safe" are *not* run automatically - the default email handler is left as-is, i.e. Outlook Express is never activated Is there anything comparable already in Mozilla, or anything planned? I tried doing a search for keywords "corporate" and "policies" but didn't find anything. A simple way to implement this would be to add a prefs.js "override" feature. If, for instance, the network login copied a corporate.js file into the user's Mozilla folder, any preferences in this file would take precedence over the same options in the user's prefs.js file (and would be unalterable through the GUI). I wouldn't expect Mozilla to try to enforce the integrity of this file since any adv. user would know to delete it; this could be enforced through OS assignments instead. Finally, are there command-line options for the Mozilla installer that would let us do silent update-installs as part of the login process?

FYI - Here's a 4/5/02 opinion about this same idea, http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2860153,00.html

Can't find dupes, so confirming for now.

I've just "discovered" the CCK project, http://www.mozilla.org/projects/cck/ The web-page says it was last updated June 14, 2002, but I find that hard to believe since the docs talk about 40-bit vs 128-bit, and the need to support ISPs with dial-up configuration. There's also no contact person. Anyone know what happened to this?

Though it's not the original idea behind this request, there is another implication of this feature. I found this bug because I was going to request a way for me to create a centralized preferences file, and then point Mozilla to that file somewhere on the internet. That way, I'd have the same preferences on all of the computers on which I use Mozilla. At home, at work, laptop on the road, etc. It is annoying to constantly have to change the way I use Mozilla depending on how I have the preferences set. I'd like to point the browser to http://my-website/mozPrefs/preferences.pref, or whatever. If I create a junkmail filter, a mail filter, set my tab behavior, etc, I'd like it to download that configuration the next time I start mozilla at work. If this were set up, I'd also like to see security on this file, requiring me to authenticate to it before I can use it or change options. That would keep others from screwing with my configuration. Is this even remotely likely?

There was a LOT of discussion about this on Slashdot today, http://ask.slashdot.org/askslashdot/03/01/19/2239259.shtml but *ALAS* no mention of this RFE...

This might be of interest: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2244.txt It's an RFC for something called the Application Configuration Access Protocol (ACAP).

Some highlights from the /. discussion: - one admin's notes for corporate-izing Mozilla http://www.alain.knaff.lu/howto/MozillaCustomization/ - current NS version of CCK http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/partners/cck.jsp - Documentation for NS7 version of CCK http://home.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/ns7/CCKDocs/pdf/cck_guide.pdf Anyone know if this works with Mozilla (or even Phoenix)? It looks like it allows you to customize the distribution, but that doesn't allow you to manage anything remotely (as I suggested in my initial posting).

Added a dependency on bug 124029 (roaming profiles) which would partly solve this issue.

Um... you probably should make this as blocked by bug 17048, not bug 124029. Your problems will be partially solved whether or not roaming access is added with donated money.

I submitted the question to Slashdot and I was quite disappointed by the reality of how difficult it is to do this. Most of the responses involved how to copy the Mozilla folder to other machines with some sort of install.bat. Other posts were just completely off-topic. I'm really disappointed that the CCK project only has a visible side at Netscape. It would be nice if Mozilla.org would make a more public effort with the CCK. I second the motion to get this thing active.

> A simple way to implement this would be to add a prefs.js "override" feature. There is - netscape.cfg.

Kim, Bug 17048 is old (Oct 1999)! I don't have time to read all the comments on it but -- starting at the most recent -- it sounds like bug 124029 is the sequel to 17048. Also, what do you mean by "added with donated money"? Ben, Where is the "netscape.cfg" file documented? I tried searching the NS7 CCK documentation (which includes lots of info I haven't had time to digest yet) but found no mention of the file. Also, the following discussion on Mozillazine re of bug 107418 http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=2839 mentions the "user.js" overriding the "pref.js" file? Anyone know more?

Adding bug 147344 as a blocker (segment Mozilla profile-file into roaming/non-roaming components)

Mass reassign of my non-Firefox bugs to ben_seamonkey@hotmail.com

Dupe of bug 103545?

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 103545 ***

verified dup

everybody, please transfer your votes to bug 103545 !