[Ltsp-discuss] Mozilla client plugins

[Skip G. <sg...@at...>]

Hi,

Problem: Suppose you have two sets of users on your server, one of which 
needs shockwave, real audio, etc, and one group that doesn't (the LTSP 
clients). How do you set it up so the groups have the "right" set of plugins?

Here's a trick I learned today which applies to versions of Mozilla 0.9.9 and 
later. Each user is allowed a private plugins directory under .mozilla. To 
enable plugins for my personal account on the server, but disable it for the 
workstation clients, I setup a directory /usr/local/plugins/server, and put 
everything except the null and java plugins in that directory.

For any accounts that want to use the plugins,

cd ~/.mozilla && ln -s /usr/local/plugins/server plugins

Now you can have two classes of users. Make sure the plugin directory is 
readable by everyone, and you're all set.

--Skip