Previously, we saw that Mozilla MCD can inspect a user’s environment using getEnv(). It can also retrieve information from an LDAP directory. I use this feature to inform Firefox and Thunderbird of the user in detail. The corporate directory knows the user’s full name, mail server and authentication credentials. autoconfig takes this and, among other [...]
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A challenge with software Managing software for thousands of users presents a formidable challenge to the system administrator. Publishing corporate policy, using standard environments and providing clear end-user documentation helps. However, it doesn’t beat automatically doing it right. This is the power of MCD autoconfig. In an earlier post, I introduced MCD as a way [...]
What is MCD? MCD (aka AutoConfig) is a script used to programmatically configure Mozilla products such as Firefox and Thunderbird in the enterprise for multiple users. Part of my job is to ensure 33,385 people have the right settings to check their email and browse the web. Centralizing their set up with autoconfig removes the [...]
