Re: [Evolution] Automatic Evolution Setup

[Brett Anderson <brett cs jhu edu>]

Sam,

Do not go this route. I got it working but it was a mess and the gconfd
gave me a bunch of trouble. The right way to do this is to write up a
script that executes all the needed gconftool commands(as the user) to
recreate these configs.

The best advice I can offer is to READ THESE:
http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/
http://www.gnome.org/learn/admin-guide/latest/ch01.html

Especially the second one. You really need to understand how gconf is
laid out. Learn to manipulate the gconf settings using the gconftool-2
command. Do not edit the gconf files directly. If you do, especially in
regard to evolution, things typically won't work because gconfd caches
old values, and it wasn't aware that you changed them.

Good luck,
Brett

On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 16:28 +0100, Samuel Adam wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am configuring a server with automatic evolution setup too and am
> about to use the same technique.
>
> Do you have any special advice that is not provided in your post and
> could you please show me or publish your setup script to the mailing
> list ?
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Sam
>
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> Brett Anderson brett cs jhu edu
> Thu, 10 Feb 2005 09:49:40 -0500
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> Murray,
>
> I finally got it working by taking a working .evolution
> and .gconf/apps/evolution and substituting the user name with USER_NAME,
> the real name with REAL_NAME, and the referenced home directory paths
> with HOME_DIR. I then tar-ed this up and then wrote a script that untars
> this into a users directory and updates USER_NAME, REAL_NAME, and
> HOME_DIR with the proper values. It when makes sure that permissions and
> ownership are correct. This probably isn't the best solution, but it
> works. I am not sure what I was missing before.
>
> Thanks,
> Brett