remote configuration sources

["Kenneth Lierman Jr." <kliermanm bigfoot com>]

Hi all,

I'm new to the list, so please point me to the archives if this has been
discussed.... i couldn't find anything in a quick search.

Anyway, i'm interrested in GConf's remote configuration sources.... how
would i point GConf at a remote system to get/store it's configuration? 
Can i use a URL like:

xml:readonly:http://somesite.com/gconf/

or ?  Can you only use the ldap or some other backend to do remote
configuration storage?

Also, are there any conventions regarding applications storing some of
their parameters locally (maybe sizes, window positions, whatever) and
other things remotely (really globally, since they'd be shared across
hosts).

Thanks!

Ken