I've recently done this on our windows network, actually it was using phoenix not mozilla, but the procedure should work for mozilla just as well.
First thing to do is to fire up Mozilla and configure it how you want it to work on your network. Now look in your profile and take a copy of the file 'pref.js' and the file 'localstore.rdf'. Now put these files somewhere safe.
Take a clean machine (fresh install) and repackage Mozilla using WinInstallLE (This can be found on the Windows 2000 CD). Take your prefs.js and localstore.rdf file from before and add them into the package you have just created, ensure they are placed somewhere sensible like %PROGRAMFILES%\mozilla and rename them to something like 'default.js' and 'default.rdf' to prevent confusion with the original files. Ensure you configure your filesystem security so that people who shouldn't be able to change this files that will affect all users, can't.
To deploy the application, you might want to use SMS or maybe Active Directory group policy, but it doesn't stop there. For each user to have your configuration you need to ensure that when a mozilla profile is created for a user that their 'pref.js' and 'localstore.rdf' files are the same as the ones you made earlier, this can be done using a logon script. Here is the logon script that I use.
if exist "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Phoenix\Profiles\Default\*.slt" goto setprefs
rem If we get here, then no profile for Phoenix exists, so lets create one
rem Now we need to create (or recreate) the prefs file.
c: cd "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Phoenix\Profiles\default\*.slt"
rem Configure Toolbars copy "%PROGRAMFILES%\Phoenix\default.rdf".\localstore.rdf/y >NUL
rem Configure everything else copy "%PROGRAMFILES%\Phoenix\default.js".\prefs.js/y >NUL
rem All Done.
This won't prevent users from changing settings, but you can easily do this by modifying your pref.js file. For LOTS more information about doing this try this 111 pages of useful information
do we need all this flash & bell things in Explorer / whatever in the first place ?
Unfortuntaly we are stuck with it in the latest versions of windows. Personally I'd rather do without it and have a much more responsive system.
Explorer runs with high-level privileges
On any windows system i've used, it runs with the same privelages as the user who is logged on. I guess the parnoid amoungst us could run with an account with user rights, and then use runas to do everything that an account with user rights can't do.
I actually prefer the way it does pop-ups too, they go into a new tab rather than actually popping up. Makes it much easier to kill them (as you can just double click on the tab). I don't think Moz does this (or if it does, I didn't find it).
Phoenix (and Mozilla) doesn't need this feature, as you don't get unrequested pop up windows.
In the UK their are certain laws that apply to all publicly accessible buildings, insisting that their facilites are accessible to everyone, including people with disabilites (hopefully that is the current politically correct terminology). An establishment can be fined if they are found to be breaching this rule.
I believe that the businesses that deliberately block access to browsers based on user-agent, are performing the same kind of discrimination in an electronic form, and I don't think they should be allowed to get away with it.
Whilst it is annoying to see pages that don't format correctly because some web designing monkey doesn't test his work in a variety of browsers, I find it totally unacceptable that they deliberatly block access to their site because of the user-agent.
I don't suppose there will ever be laws against this, but for now I'll just vote with my mouse, by not shopping/dealing with these people and making it known why I won't deal with them.
You can't compare perl and php like this. perl does much more than provide dynamic content in web pages.
I've just written a perl script to migrate 20,000 users from an NT domain to a Windows 2000 active directory. I doubt that PHP could do this.
Both perl and php are excellent products. Which one is better? that clearly depends upon the application.
I can buy my DVD's from canada, get them posted to the UK much cheaper than I could if I was to buy them in here the UK.
This really p***es me off, and if I had the bandwidth I would probably be hitting the p2p networks much more often than I currently do.
On my windows box, I Use mozilla as my primary browser (tabs, what is new about this?).
The bad history of IE security is the only problem I have with IE, and this is the reason why I won't use it.
As much as I personally don't like using netscape, I would really like to see them succed with a little help from AOL. My motivation isn't to prevent IE winning the browser wars, but more to make web developers accept that IE isn't the only web browser. I get very annoyed by random web pages that require internet explorer.
For what it is worth, I would like MS to win the browser wars, providing web pages like these become a thing of the past, this way all the script kiddies will continue to target IE users, making my browsing more secure with my prefered web browser.
AT and scheduled tasks are two similar yet different things.
AT will run tasks as 'system', this is next to useless for most jobs that you need to schedule, as system has no rights on a network. Scheduled Tasks allows tasks to be run as any user (or system)
BTW: The reason that scheduled tasks is part of IE is to enable IE to crash at regular intervals.:)
I've just tried 6 ps2.xxx domains, of those 6, the following are not sony sites.
ps2.net
ps2.dk
ps2.org
Also, to add to an earlier post, somebody said that if sony registered ps2 as a trademark in Norway, then they would have rights to the domain, does this mean that if a domain I wanted badly, that was owned by some other hobbyist, that I could claim his domain by registering a trademark of the same name in his country?
This should not be allowed, and I really hope that sony do NOT get to use the ps2.no domain
I do hope however that bad publicity for sony causes their sales to drop.:)
I think that two arguements have crept into this one thread.
The thread started as "Linux Desktops SUCK - Linux SUCKS on the deskTOP", which is refering to the X environment.
so,
Firstly, for the people who read this as a generalised "Linux Sucks" thread - Linux does not suck! Linux is a very powerfull operating systems, it beats Windows and Mac OS without any problem. It is far more powerfull, and much more stable that any of those.
For the people who read this thread as it was intended (IMO) The linux X environment could be a lot better, but I don't think it is as bad as you make it out to be. Okay, windows has a very polished look, I admit the mouse seems to respond much better than under X, but look at how slow windows is due to all the unneccasary extras such as HTML explorer windows. I'd much sooner have a neat/clean looking desktop than the CPU intensive look of a Windows desktop. [twm rules:)]
I can't believe that people would complain about being notified that something was wrong. Perhaps you people would rather a hacker found the hole, and did some damage to your systems?
If the router was unconfigured, why on earth was it live? It is possible to set basic security on these things before they go onto public networks. If somebody doesn't have the sense to do this, they should not be installing such devices.
If somebody was to email me with details of a problem with one of my systems, i'd be extremely gratefull. Whilst I take every precaution to keep things secure, it is an impossible task to cater for every possible hole/exploit.
Good work crbee, It's good to hear stories like this rather than the usual "www.domain.com got hacked again!"
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First thing to do is to fire up Mozilla and configure it how you want it to work on your network. Now look in your profile and take a copy of the file 'pref.js' and the file 'localstore.rdf'. Now put these files somewhere safe.
Take a clean machine (fresh install) and repackage Mozilla using WinInstallLE (This can be found on the Windows 2000 CD). Take your prefs.js and localstore.rdf file from before and add them into the package you have just created, ensure they are placed somewhere sensible like %PROGRAMFILES%\mozilla and rename them to something like 'default.js' and 'default.rdf' to prevent confusion with the original files. Ensure you configure your filesystem security so that people who shouldn't be able to change this files that will affect all users, can't.
To deploy the application, you might want to use SMS or maybe Active Directory group policy, but it doesn't stop there. For each user to have your configuration you need to ensure that when a mozilla profile is created for a user that their 'pref.js' and 'localstore.rdf' files are the same as the ones you made earlier, this can be done using a logon script. Here is the logon script that I use.
This won't prevent users from changing settings, but you can easily do this by modifying your pref.js file. For LOTS more information about doing this try this 111 pages of useful information
do we need all this flash & bell things in Explorer / whatever in the first place ?
Unfortuntaly we are stuck with it in the latest versions of windows. Personally I'd rather do without it and have a much more responsive system.
Explorer runs with high-level privileges
On any windows system i've used, it runs with the same privelages as the user who is logged on. I guess the parnoid amoungst us could run with an account with user rights, and then use runas to do everything that an account with user rights can't do.
we see a worm exploiting this, remember the last worm that was executed without even opening a file.
then this guy would get modded -1 flamebait.
Powerbook is sitting god knows where being used by somebody completely undeserving of a Mac. I know in my heart that Mr. Christmas is really a PC guy.
Mr. Christmas said he didn't even know what email was. Obviously a PC user.
woohoo!
Now I can buy myself an Xbox on my CaptialOne card.
I actually prefer the way it does pop-ups too, they go into a new tab rather than actually popping up. Makes it much easier to kill them (as you can just double click on the tab). I don't think Moz does this (or if it does, I didn't find it).
Phoenix (and Mozilla) doesn't need this feature, as you don't get unrequested pop up windows.
In the UK their are certain laws that apply to all publicly accessible buildings, insisting that their facilites are accessible to everyone, including people with disabilites (hopefully that is the current politically correct terminology). An establishment can be fined if they are found to be breaching this rule.
I believe that the businesses that deliberately block access to browsers based on user-agent, are performing the same kind of discrimination in an electronic form, and I don't think they should be allowed to get away with it.
Whilst it is annoying to see pages that don't format correctly because some web designing monkey doesn't test his work in a variety of browsers, I find it totally unacceptable that they deliberatly block access to their site because of the user-agent.
I don't suppose there will ever be laws against this, but for now I'll just vote with my mouse, by not shopping/dealing with these people and making it known why I won't deal with them.
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You can't compare perl and php like this. perl does much more than provide dynamic content in web pages. I've just written a perl script to migrate 20,000 users from an NT domain to a Windows 2000 active directory. I doubt that PHP could do this. Both perl and php are excellent products. Which one is better? that clearly depends upon the application.
I can buy my DVD's from canada, get them posted to the UK much cheaper than I could if I was to buy them in here the UK. This really p***es me off, and if I had the bandwidth I would probably be hitting the p2p networks much more often than I currently do.
It seems a little ironic that yahoo who are hosting this story, feature rather a lot in my spam filter rules.
On my windows box, I Use mozilla as my primary browser (tabs, what is new about this?).
The bad history of IE security is the only problem I have with IE, and this is the reason why I won't use it.
As much as I personally don't like using netscape, I would really like to see them succed with a little help from AOL. My motivation isn't to prevent IE winning the browser wars, but more to make web developers accept that IE isn't the only web browser. I get very annoyed by random web pages that require internet explorer.
For what it is worth, I would like MS to win the browser wars, providing web pages like these become a thing of the past, this way all the script kiddies will continue to target IE users, making my browsing more secure with my prefered web browser.
AT and scheduled tasks are two similar yet different things.
:)
AT will run tasks as 'system', this is next to useless for most jobs that you need to schedule, as system has no rights on a network. Scheduled Tasks allows tasks to be run as any user (or system)
BTW: The reason that scheduled tasks is part of IE is to enable IE to crash at regular intervals.
What about all the others?
:)
I've just tried 6 ps2.xxx domains, of those 6, the following are not sony sites.
ps2.net
ps2.dk
ps2.org
Also, to add to an earlier post, somebody said that if sony registered ps2 as a trademark in Norway, then they would have rights to the domain, does this mean that if a domain I wanted badly, that was owned by some other hobbyist, that I could claim his domain by registering a trademark of the same name in his country?
This should not be allowed, and I really hope that sony do NOT get to use the ps2.no domain
I do hope however that bad publicity for sony causes their sales to drop.
I think that two arguements have crept into this one thread.
:)]
The thread started as "Linux Desktops SUCK - Linux SUCKS on the deskTOP", which is refering to the X environment.
so,
Firstly, for the people who read this as a generalised "Linux Sucks" thread - Linux does not suck! Linux is a very powerfull operating systems, it beats Windows and Mac OS without any problem. It is far more powerfull, and much more stable that any of those.
For the people who read this thread as it was intended (IMO) The linux X environment could be a lot better, but I don't think it is as bad as you make it out to be. Okay, windows has a very polished look, I admit the mouse seems to respond much better than under X, but look at how slow windows is due to all the unneccasary extras such as HTML explorer windows. I'd much sooner have a neat/clean looking desktop than the CPU intensive look of a Windows desktop. [twm rules
I can't believe that people would complain about being notified that something was wrong. Perhaps you people would rather a hacker found the hole, and did some damage to your systems? If the router was unconfigured, why on earth was it live? It is possible to set basic security on these things before they go onto public networks. If somebody doesn't have the sense to do this, they should not be installing such devices. If somebody was to email me with details of a problem with one of my systems, i'd be extremely gratefull. Whilst I take every precaution to keep things secure, it is an impossible task to cater for every possible hole/exploit. Good work crbee, It's good to hear stories like this rather than the usual "www.domain.com got hacked again!"